diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
index 96d477c..a225cea 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ LOCK [ TABLE ] [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ * ]
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   When a view is specified to be locked, all relations appearing in the view
-   definition query are also locked recursively with the same lock mode. 
+   When a view is locked, all relations appearing in the view definition
+   query are also locked recursively with the same lock mode.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ LOCK [ TABLE ] [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> [ * ]
    </para>
 
    <para>
+    The user performing the lock on the view must have the corresponding privilege
+    on the view.  In addition the view's owner must have the relevant privileges on
+    the underlying base relations, but the user performing the lock does
+    not need any permissions on the underlying base relations.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
     <command>LOCK TABLE</command> is useless outside a transaction block: the lock
     would remain held only to the completion of the statement.  Therefore
     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> reports an error if <command>LOCK</command>
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c
index b247c0f..1c346e8 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/lockcmds.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void LockTableRecurse(Oid reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait, Oid use
 static AclResult LockTableAclCheck(Oid relid, LOCKMODE lockmode, Oid userid);
 static void RangeVarCallbackForLockTable(const RangeVar *rv, Oid relid,
 							 Oid oldrelid, void *arg);
-static void LockViewRecurse(Oid reloid, Oid root_reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait);
+static void LockViewRecurse(Oid reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait, List *ancestor_views);
 
 /*
  * LOCK TABLE
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ LockTableCommand(LockStmt *lockstmt)
 										  (void *) &lockstmt->mode);
 
 		if (get_rel_relkind(reloid) == RELKIND_VIEW)
-			LockViewRecurse(reloid, reloid, lockstmt->mode, lockstmt->nowait);
+			LockViewRecurse(reloid, lockstmt->mode, lockstmt->nowait, NIL);
 		else if (recurse)
 			LockTableRecurse(reloid, lockstmt->mode, lockstmt->nowait, GetUserId());
 	}
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ RangeVarCallbackForLockTable(const RangeVar *rv, Oid relid, Oid oldrelid,
 		return;					/* woops, concurrently dropped; no permissions
 								 * check */
 
-
 	/* Currently, we only allow plain tables or views to be locked */
 	if (relkind != RELKIND_RELATION && relkind != RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE &&
 		relkind != RELKIND_VIEW)
@@ -178,11 +177,11 @@ LockTableRecurse(Oid reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait, Oid userid)
 
 typedef struct
 {
-	Oid root_reloid;
 	LOCKMODE lockmode;
 	bool nowait;
 	Oid viewowner;
 	Oid viewoid;
+	List   *ancestor_views;
 } LockViewRecurse_context;
 
 static bool
@@ -216,11 +215,11 @@ LockViewRecurse_walker(Node *node, LockViewRecurse_context *context)
 				continue;
 
 			/* Check infinite recursion in the view definition. */
-			if (relid == context->root_reloid)
+			if (list_member_oid(context->ancestor_views, relid))
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINITION),
 						errmsg("infinite recursion detected in rules for relation \"%s\"",
-								get_rel_name(context->root_reloid))));
+								get_rel_name(relid))));
 
 			/* Check permissions with the view owner's privilege. */
 			aclresult = LockTableAclCheck(relid, context->lockmode, context->viewowner);
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ LockViewRecurse_walker(Node *node, LockViewRecurse_context *context)
 								relname)));
 
 			if (relkind == RELKIND_VIEW)
-				LockViewRecurse(relid, context->root_reloid, context->lockmode, context->nowait);
+				LockViewRecurse(relid, context->lockmode, context->nowait, context->ancestor_views);
 			else if (rte->inh)
 				LockTableRecurse(relid, context->lockmode, context->nowait, context->viewowner);
 		}
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ LockViewRecurse_walker(Node *node, LockViewRecurse_context *context)
 }
 
 static void
-LockViewRecurse(Oid reloid, Oid root_reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait)
+LockViewRecurse(Oid reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait, List *ancestor_views)
 {
 	LockViewRecurse_context context;
 
@@ -264,14 +263,16 @@ LockViewRecurse(Oid reloid, Oid root_reloid, LOCKMODE lockmode, bool nowait)
 	view = heap_open(reloid, NoLock);
 	viewquery = get_view_query(view);
 
-	context.root_reloid = root_reloid;
 	context.lockmode = lockmode;
 	context.nowait = nowait;
 	context.viewowner = view->rd_rel->relowner;
 	context.viewoid = reloid;
+	context.ancestor_views = lcons_oid(reloid, ancestor_views);
 
 	LockViewRecurse_walker((Node *) viewquery, &context);
 
+	ancestor_views = list_delete_oid(ancestor_views, reloid);
+
 	heap_close(view, NoLock);
 }