diff --git a/internal/command/console.go b/internal/command/console.go
index eed277a4e0..d086bd2ee8 100644
--- a/internal/command/console.go
+++ b/internal/command/console.go
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ func (c *ConsoleCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 	// operation, but there is no clear path to pass this value down, so we
 	// continue to mutate the Meta object state for now.
 	c.Meta.input = args.ViewOptions.InputEnabled
+
+	// TODO meta-refactor: when the stateLock and stateLockTimeout are extracted to be configured separately, remove
+	// these and use a common way to configure this
+	// The stateLock=true is here this way because this command used before meta.extendedFlagSet which did the same
+	// and left for the command to configure flags for this if needed.
+	c.Meta.stateLock = true
+
 	c.GatherVariables(args.Vars)
 
 	configPath := c.WorkingDir.NormalizePath(c.WorkingDir.RootModuleDir())
diff --git a/internal/command/console_interactive_test.go b/internal/command/console_interactive_test.go
index c0391d3726..afd0d860bd 100644
--- a/internal/command/console_interactive_test.go
+++ b/internal/command/console_interactive_test.go
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ func TestConsole_multiline_interactive(t *testing.T) {
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tc.expected); diff != "" {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected output. For input: %s\n%s", tc.input, diff)
 			}
+
+			// TODO meta-refactor: remove this assertion once the stateLock from Meta is removed
+			if !c.Meta.stateLock {
+				t.Errorf("stateLock should always be nil for this command")
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }