diff --git a/software/commit_new.txt b/software/commit_new.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df61ec52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/software/commit_new.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Inservice patch update is rejected excepting host lock. 
+
+Inservice patch update is rejected expecting a host lock
+to be performed before patch install.
+
+
+Test Plan:
+PASSED: On a SX system, perform inservice patch
+update successfully. 
+
+Closes-Bug: 2063854
+
+Signed-off-by: Vanathi.Selvaraju <vanathi.selvaraju@windriver.com>
diff --git a/software/software/software_controller.py b/software/software/software_controller.py
index 70b38295..de979884 100644
--- a/software/software/software_controller.py
+++ b/software/software/software_controller.py
@@ -2736,9 +2736,10 @@ class PatchController(PatchService):
         # Check if there is a major release deployment in progress
         # and set agent request parameters accordingly
         major_release = None
-        upgrade_in_progress = self.get_software_upgrade()
+        upgrade_in_progress = self.check_upgrade_in_progress()
         if upgrade_in_progress:
-            major_release = upgrade_in_progress["to_release"]
+            upgrade_release = self.get_software_upgrade()
+            major_release = upgrade_release["to_release"]
             force = False
             async_req = False
             msg = "Running major release deployment, major_release=%s, force=%s, async_req=%s" % (
@@ -3035,6 +3036,21 @@ class PatchController(PatchService):
         except Exception as ex:
             LOG.exception("Failed in handling deploy state sync. Error: %s" % str(ex))
 
+    def check_upgrade_in_progress(self):
+        """
+        Check if major release upgrade is in progress
+        """
+        _upgrade_in_progress = False
+        all_deploy = self.db_api_instance.get_deploy_all()
+        deploy = all_deploy[0]
+        from_release = version.parse(deploy.get("from_release"))
+        to_release = version.parse(deploy.get("to_release"))
+        ver_from_rel = from_release.release
+        ver_to_rel = to_release.release
+        if (ver_from_rel[0] != ver_to_rel[0] or ver_from_rel[1] != ver_to_rel[1]):
+            _upgrade_in_progress = True
+        return _upgrade_in_progress
+
     def _get_software_upgrade(self):
         """
         Get the current software upgrade from/to versions and state