diff --git a/modules/cart/commerce_cart.module b/modules/cart/commerce_cart.module
index 7b479f5..22073a6 100644
--- a/modules/cart/commerce_cart.module
+++ b/modules/cart/commerce_cart.module
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function commerce_cart_menu_item_title() {
   $title = t('Shopping cart');
 
   // If the user actually has a cart order...
-  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid)) {
+  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid, FALSE)) {
     // Count the number of product line items on the order.
     $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('commerce_order', $order);
     $quantity = commerce_line_items_quantity($wrapper->commerce_line_items, commerce_product_line_item_types());
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ function commerce_cart_block_view($delta) {
     $content = theme('commerce_cart_empty_block');
 
     // First check to ensure there are products in the shopping cart.
-    if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid)) {
+    if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid, FALSE)) {
       $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('commerce_order', $order);
 
       // If there are one or more products in the cart...
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ function commerce_cart_product_add_by_id($product_id, $quantity = 1, $combine =
   global $user;
 
   // If the specified product exists...
-  if ($product = commerce_product_load($product_id)) {
+  if ($product = commerce_product_load($product_id, FALSE)) {
     // Create a new product line item for it.
     $line_item = commerce_product_line_item_new($product, $quantity);
 
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ function commerce_cart_add_to_cart_form_attributes_refresh($form, $form_state) {
   // Then render and return the various product fields that might need to be
   // updated on the page.
   if (!empty($form_state['context'])) {
-    $product = commerce_product_load($form_state['default_product_id']);
+    $product = commerce_product_load($form_state['default_product_id'], FALSE);
     $form_state['default_product'] = $product;
     $product->display_context = $form_state['context'];
 
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ function commerce_cart_add_to_cart_views_form_refresh($form, $form_state) {
  */
 function commerce_cart_add_to_cart_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   $product_id = $form_state['values']['product_id'];
-  $product = commerce_product_load($product_id);
+  $product = commerce_product_load($product_id, FALSE);
 
   // If the line item passed to the function is new...
   if (empty($form_state['line_item']->line_item_id)) {
diff --git a/modules/cart/includes/commerce_cart.pages.inc b/modules/cart/includes/commerce_cart.pages.inc
index 207f6bd..562d1c3 100644
--- a/modules/cart/includes/commerce_cart.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/cart/includes/commerce_cart.pages.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function commerce_cart_checkout_router() {
   global $user;
 
   // Load the shopping cart order.
-  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid)) {
+  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid, FALSE)) {
     $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('commerce_order', $order);
   }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function commerce_cart_view() {
   $content = theme('commerce_cart_empty_page');
 
   // First check to make sure we have a valid order.
-  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid)) {
+  if ($order = commerce_cart_order_load($user->uid, FALSE)) {
     $wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper('commerce_order', $order);
 
     // Only show the cart form if we found product line items.
diff --git a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
index f916e26..3d79fa0 100644
--- a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
+++ b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.module
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ function commerce_payment_transaction_delete_multiple($transaction_ids) {
  */
 function commerce_payment_transaction_access($op, $transaction, $account = NULL) {
   if (isset($transaction->order_id)) {
-    $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id);
+    $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id, FALSE);
     if (!$order) {
       return FALSE;
     }
diff --git a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.tokens.inc b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.tokens.inc
index 8513019..da3ec12 100644
--- a/modules/payment/commerce_payment.tokens.inc
+++ b/modules/payment/commerce_payment.tokens.inc
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function commerce_payment_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $o
         // Default values for the chained tokens handled below.
         case 'order':
           if ($transaction->order_id) {
-            $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id);
+            $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id, FALSE);
             $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($order->order_number) : $order->order_number;
           }
           break;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function commerce_payment_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $o
     }
 
     if ($order_tokens = token_find_with_prefix($tokens, 'order')) {
-      $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id);
+      $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id, FALSE);
       $replacements += token_generate('commerce-order', $order_tokens, array('commerce-order' => $order), $options);
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/payment/commerce_payment_ui.module b/modules/payment/commerce_payment_ui.module
index bd728ae..f562686 100644
--- a/modules/payment/commerce_payment_ui.module
+++ b/modules/payment/commerce_payment_ui.module
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function commerce_payment_ui_payment_transaction_uri($transaction) {
 
   // Only return a value if the transaction references an order and the user has
   // permission to view the payment transaction.
-  if ($order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id)) {
+  if ($order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id, FALSE)) {
     if (commerce_payment_transaction_access('view', $transaction)) {
       return array(
         'path' => 'admin/commerce/orders/' . $order->order_id . '/payment/' . $transaction->transaction_id . '/view',
diff --git a/modules/payment/includes/commerce_payment_transaction.controller.inc b/modules/payment/includes/commerce_payment_transaction.controller.inc
index a646770..b3774e5 100644
--- a/modules/payment/includes/commerce_payment_transaction.controller.inc
+++ b/modules/payment/includes/commerce_payment_transaction.controller.inc
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class CommercePaymentTransactionEntityController extends DrupalCommerceEntityCon
    */
   public function buildContent($transaction, $view_mode = 'administrator', $langcode = NULL, $content = array()) {
     // Load the order this transaction is attached to.
-    $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id);
+    $order = commerce_order_load($transaction->order_id, FALSE);
 
     // Add the default fields inherent to the transaction entity.
     if (!empty($transaction->instance_id) && $payment_method = commerce_payment_method_instance_load($transaction->instance_id)) {
diff --git a/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_balance.inc b/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_balance.inc
index 890867e..ca4a20a 100644
--- a/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_balance.inc
+++ b/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_balance.inc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class commerce_payment_handler_field_balance extends views_handler_field {
     $order_id = $this->get_value($values, 'order_id');
 
     // Only render this field if we find a valid order.
-    if (!empty($order_id) && $order = commerce_order_load($order_id)) {
+    if (!empty($order_id) && $order = commerce_order_load($order_id, FALSE)) {
       $balance = commerce_payment_order_balance($order);
 
       // Output according to the format selected as with price fields.
diff --git a/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_payment_transaction_link_delete.inc b/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_payment_transaction_link_delete.inc
index 368127d..4ef31b8 100644
--- a/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_payment_transaction_link_delete.inc
+++ b/modules/payment/includes/views/handlers/commerce_payment_handler_field_payment_transaction_link_delete.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class commerce_payment_handler_field_payment_transaction_link_delete extends com
     // Ensure the user has access to delete this payment transaction.
     $transaction_id = $this->get_value($values, 'transaction_id');
     $order_id = $this->get_value($values, 'order_id');
-    $order = commerce_order_load($order_id);
     $transaction = commerce_payment_transaction_load($transaction_id);
 
     if (commerce_payment_transaction_access('delete', $transaction)) {
diff --git a/modules/product/commerce_product_ui.module b/modules/product/commerce_product_ui.module
index 036bae2..251946e 100644
--- a/modules/product/commerce_product_ui.module
+++ b/modules/product/commerce_product_ui.module
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function commerce_product_ui_help($path, $arg) {
     return (!empty($product_type['help']) ? '<p>' . filter_xss_admin($product_type['help']) . '</p>' : '');
   }
   elseif ($arg[1] == 'commerce' && $arg[2] == 'products' && is_numeric($arg[3])) {
-    $product = commerce_product_load($arg[3]);
+    $product = commerce_product_load($arg[3], FALSE);
     $product_type = commerce_product_type_load($product->type);
     return (!empty($product_type['help']) ? '<p>' . filter_xss_admin($product_type['help']) . '</p>' : '');
   }
diff --git a/modules/product_pricing/commerce_product_pricing.module b/modules/product_pricing/commerce_product_pricing.module
index 19a6f46..4ea5021 100644
--- a/modules/product_pricing/commerce_product_pricing.module
+++ b/modules/product_pricing/commerce_product_pricing.module
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ function commerce_product_pre_calculate_sell_prices($from = NULL, $count = 1) {
   }
 
   while ($product_id = $query->fetchField()) {
-    $product = commerce_product_load($product_id);
+    // Load the product, no locking is required since we do not have to save it.
+    $product = commerce_product_load($product_id, FALSE);
 
     // If the product is valid for pre-calculation...
     if (commerce_product_valid_pre_calculation_product($product)) {
diff --git a/modules/product_reference/commerce_product_reference.module b/modules/product_reference/commerce_product_reference.module
index 59f4d0d..b7119b7 100644
--- a/modules/product_reference/commerce_product_reference.module
+++ b/modules/product_reference/commerce_product_reference.module
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ function commerce_product_reference_field_formatter_prepare_view($entity_type, $
     }
 
     if ($product_ids) {
-      $products = entity_load('commerce_product', $product_ids);
+      $products = commerce_product_load_multiple($product_ids, array('_lock' => FALSE));
     }
     else {
       $products = array();