diff -r 63117ab893dc src/lib/file-dotlock.c
--- a/src/lib/file-dotlock.c	Tue Feb 05 16:48:29 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/lib/file-dotlock.c	Tue Feb 05 10:23:12 2013 -0800
@@ -581,11 +581,15 @@
                         dotlock->lock_time = now;
 			lock_info.fd = -1;
 
-			if (st.st_ctime + MAX_TIME_DIFF < now ||
-			    st.st_ctime - MAX_TIME_DIFF > now) {
+			if (st.st_ctime + MAX_TIME_DIFF < now) {
 				i_warning("Created dotlock file's timestamp is "
-					  "different than current time "
-					  "(%s vs %s): %s", dec2str(st.st_ctime),
+					  "before current time (%s vs %s): %s",
+					  dec2str(st.st_ctime), dec2str(now),
+					  dotlock->path);
+			} else if (st.st_ctime - MAX_TIME_DIFF > now) {
+				i_warning("Took more than %u seconds to stat "
+					  "dotlock file (%s vs %s): %s",
+					  MAX_TIME_DIFF, dec2str(st.st_ctime),
 					  dec2str(now), dotlock->path);
 			}
 		}