Index: keyring-5.3/keyring/backends/file.py
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--- keyring-5.3.orig/keyring/backends/file.py
+++ keyring-5.3/keyring/backends/file.py
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ class BaseKeyring(FileBacked, KeyringBac
         # ensure the file exists
         self._ensure_file_path()
 
-        # load the keyring from the disk
-        config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-        config.read(self.file_path)
-
         # obtain lock for the keyring file
         lock = ''
         i = 60
@@ -107,15 +103,21 @@ class BaseKeyring(FileBacked, KeyringBac
                 time.sleep(0.500)
                 i=i-1
 
-        # update the keyring with the password
-        if not config.has_section(service):
-            config.add_section(service)
-        config.set(service, username, password_base64)
 
         if i:
-            # save the keyring back to the file
+            # Load the keyring from the disk
+            config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+            config.read(self.file_path)
+
+            # Update the keyring with the password
+            if not config.has_section(service):
+                config.add_section(service)
+            config.set(service, username, password_base64)
+
+            # Save the keyring back to the file
             with open(self.file_path, 'w') as config_file:
                 config.write(config_file)
+
             lock.close()
             os.remove('/tmp/.keyringlock')