diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index 72e1fe2a658..9c3a7bf5719 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ func (c *Client) executeXRDCopy(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) (string,
 		err = errtypes.InvalidCredentials("eosclient: no sufficient permissions for the operation")
 	}
 
+	// check for lock mismatch error
+	if strings.Contains(errBuf.String(), "file has a valid extended attribute lock") {
+		err = errtypes.BadRequest("eosclient: lock mismatch")
+	}
+
 	args := fmt.Sprintf("%s", cmd.Args)
 	env := fmt.Sprintf("%s", cmd.Env)
 	log.Info().Str("args", args).Str("env", env).Int("exit", exitStatus).Msg("eos cmd")
diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eoshttp.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eoshttp.go
index b78312d634e..722dc88222b 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eoshttp.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eoshttp.go
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ func (c *EOSHTTPClient) doReq(req *http.Request, remoteuser string) (*http.Respo
 	return resp, err
 }
 
-// If the error is not nil, take that
-// If there is an error coming from EOS, erturn a descriptive error.
+// If the error is not nil, take that.
+// If there is an error coming from EOS, return a descriptive error.
 func (c *EOSHTTPClient) getRespError(rsp *http.Response, err error) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ func (c *EOSHTTPClient) getRespError(rsp *http.Response, err error) error {
 		return errtypes.PermissionDenied(rspdesc(rsp))
 	case http.StatusNotFound:
 		return errtypes.NotFound(rspdesc(rsp))
+	case http.StatusBadRequest:
+		return errtypes.BadRequest(rspdesc(rsp))
 	}
 
 	return errtypes.InternalError("Err from EOS: " + rspdesc(rsp))