diff --git a/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl b/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
index eef0b9b8c8..2e61a68c5f 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/bin/_backup_mariadb.sh.tpl
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ for db in "${DBNAME[@]}"
 do
   echo $($MYSQL --skip-column-names -e "select concat('show grants for ',user,';') \
         from mysql.db where ucase(db)=ucase('$db');") | \
+        sed -r "s/show grants for ([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)/show grants for '\1'/" | \
         $MYSQL --silent --skip-column-names 2>grant_err.log > $BACKUPS_DIR/${db}_grant.sql
   if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
   then
diff --git a/mariadb/values.yaml b/mariadb/values.yaml
index 2d75f396f9..1ca0c5078a 100644
--- a/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ conf:
     base_path: /var/backup
     mysqldump_options: >
       --single-transaction --quick --add-drop-database
-      --add-drop-table --databases
+      --add-drop-table --add-locks --databases
     days_of_backup_to_keep: 3
   database:
     my: |