diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
index af904f693..8662fc36d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class PairLocks():
             PairLocks.locks = []
 
     @staticmethod
-    def lock_pair(pair: str, until: datetime, reason: str = None, *, now: datetime = None) -> None:
+    def lock_pair(pair: str, until: datetime, reason: str = None, *,
+                  now: datetime = None) -> PairLock:
         """
         Create PairLock from now to "until".
         Uses database by default, unless PairLocks.use_db is set to False,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class PairLocks():
             PairLock.query.session.commit()
         else:
             PairLocks.locks.append(lock)
+        return lock
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_pair_locks(pair: Optional[str], now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> List[PairLock]:
diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/protectionmanager.py b/freqtrade/plugins/protectionmanager.py
index f33e5b4bc..2510d6fee 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/protectionmanager.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/protectionmanager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from freqtrade.persistence import PairLocks
+from freqtrade.persistence.models import PairLock
 from freqtrade.plugins.protections import IProtection
 from freqtrade.resolvers import ProtectionResolver
 
@@ -43,30 +44,28 @@ class ProtectionManager():
         """
         return [{p.name: p.short_desc()} for p in self._protection_handlers]
 
-    def global_stop(self, now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> bool:
+    def global_stop(self, now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> Optional[PairLock]:
         if not now:
             now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-        result = False
+        result = None
         for protection_handler in self._protection_handlers:
             if protection_handler.has_global_stop:
-                result, until, reason = protection_handler.global_stop(now)
+                lock, until, reason = protection_handler.global_stop(now)
 
                 # Early stopping - first positive result blocks further trades
-                if result and until:
+                if lock and until:
                     if not PairLocks.is_global_lock(until):
-                        PairLocks.lock_pair('*', until, reason, now=now)
-                    result = True
+                        result = PairLocks.lock_pair('*', until, reason, now=now)
         return result
 
-    def stop_per_pair(self, pair, now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> bool:
+    def stop_per_pair(self, pair, now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> Optional[PairLock]:
         if not now:
             now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-        result = False
+        result = None
         for protection_handler in self._protection_handlers:
             if protection_handler.has_local_stop:
-                result, until, reason = protection_handler.stop_per_pair(pair, now)
-                if result and until:
+                lock, until, reason = protection_handler.stop_per_pair(pair, now)
+                if lock and until:
                     if not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, until):
-                        PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, until, reason, now=now)
-                    result = True
+                        result = PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, until, reason, now=now)
         return result
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_protections.py b/tests/plugins/test_protections.py
index c0a9ae72a..a3cb29c9d 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_protections.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_protections.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def test_stoploss_guard(mocker, default_conf, fee, caplog):
     # Test 5m after lock-period - this should try and relock the pair, but end-time
     # should be the previous end-time
     end_time = PairLocks.get_pair_longest_lock('*').lock_end_time + timedelta(minutes=5)
-    assert freqtrade.protections.global_stop(end_time)
+    freqtrade.protections.global_stop(end_time)
     assert not PairLocks.is_global_lock(end_time)
 
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def test_stoploss_guard_perpair(mocker, default_conf, fee, caplog, only_per_pair
         min_ago_open=180, min_ago_close=30, profit_rate=0.9,
     ))
 
-    assert freqtrade.protections.stop_per_pair(pair)
+    freqtrade.protections.stop_per_pair(pair)
     assert freqtrade.protections.global_stop() != only_per_pair
     assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair)
     assert PairLocks.is_global_lock() != only_per_pair