diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/dml_planner.go b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/dml_planner.go
index 5467c035f32..a85d10b742a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/dml_planner.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/dml_planner.go
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ func setLockOnAllSelect(plan logicalPlan) {
 	_, _ = visit(plan, func(plan logicalPlan) (bool, logicalPlan, error) {
 		switch node := plan.(type) {
 		case *route:
-			node.Select.SetLock(sqlparser.ShareModeLock)
+			if node.Select.GetLock() == sqlparser.NoLock {
+				node.Select.SetLock(sqlparser.ShareModeLock)
+			}
 			return true, node, nil
 		}
 		return true, plan, nil
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/foreignkey_cases.json b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/foreignkey_cases.json
index d029bc31134..b343c683d1a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/foreignkey_cases.json
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/foreignkey_cases.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
               "Sharded": true
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select colb, cola, y, colc, x from multicol_tbl1 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select colb, cola, y, colc, x from multicol_tbl1 where cola = 1 and colb = 2 and colc = 3 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select colb, cola, y, colc, x from multicol_tbl1 where cola = 1 and colb = 2 and colc = 3 for update",
             "Table": "multicol_tbl1",
             "Values": [
               "INT64(1)",
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
               "Sharded": true
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col5, t5col5 from tbl5 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col5, t5col5 from tbl5 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col5, t5col5 from tbl5 for update",
             "Table": "tbl5"
           },
           {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col9 from u_tbl9 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col9 from u_tbl9 where col9 = 5 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col9 from u_tbl9 where col9 = 5 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl9"
           },
           {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where id = 1 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where id = 1 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl2"
           },
           {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
               "Sharded": true
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select t5col5 from tbl5 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select t5col5 from tbl5 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select t5col5 from tbl5 for update",
             "Table": "tbl5"
           },
           {
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
               "Sharded": true
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col9 from tbl9 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col9 from tbl9 where col9 = 34 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col9 from tbl9 where col9 = 34 for update",
             "Table": "tbl9",
             "Values": [
               "INT64(34)"
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl1"
           },
           {
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where id = 1 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col2 from u_tbl2 where id = 1 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl2"
           },
           {
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 where id = 1 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col1, col1 from u_tbl1 where id = 1 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl1"
           },
           {
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col6 from u_tbl6 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col6 from u_tbl6 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col6 from u_tbl6 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl6"
           },
           {
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
               "Sharded": false
             },
             "FieldQuery": "select col7 from u_tbl7 where 1 != 1",
-            "Query": "select col7 from u_tbl7 lock in share mode",
+            "Query": "select col7 from u_tbl7 for update",
             "Table": "u_tbl7"
           },
           {