diff --git a/examples/c/ex_access.c b/examples/c/ex_access.c
index df8b0b4..b913da2 100644
--- a/examples/c/ex_access.c
+++ b/examples/c/ex_access.c
@@ -32,6 +32,29 @@
 
 static const char *home;
 
+void *checkpoint_thread(void *);
+
+void *
+checkpoint_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	WT_CONNECTION *conn;
+	WT_SESSION *session;
+	int ret;
+
+	conn = (WT_CONNECTION *)arg;
+
+	conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session);
+
+	while (1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Calling checkpoint!!!\n");
+		if ((ret = session->checkpoint(session, NULL)) != 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error from checkpoint: %d\n", ret);
+			exit (1);
+		}
+	}
+	return (NULL);
+}
+
 static void
 access_example(void)
 {
@@ -40,19 +63,35 @@ access_example(void)
 	WT_CURSOR *cursor;
 	WT_SESSION *session;
 	const char *key, *value;
-	int ret;
+	int i, ret;
+	char uri[512];
+	pthread_t tid;
 
 	/* Open a connection to the database, creating it if necessary. */
 	error_check(wiredtiger_open(home, NULL, "create", &conn));
 
+	pthread_create(&tid, NULL, checkpoint_thread, conn);
 	/* Open a session handle for the database. */
 	error_check(conn->open_session(conn, NULL, NULL, &session));
 	/*! [access example connection] */
 
 	/*! [access example table create] */
-	error_check(session->create(
-	    session, "table:access", "key_format=S,value_format=S"));
+	for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+		printf("About to call create!!!\n");
+#define ENABLE_TRANSACTIONS 1
+#if ENABLE_TRANSACTIONS
+		session->begin_transaction(session, "isolation=snapshot");
+#endif
+		memset(uri, 0, sizeof(uri));
+		sprintf(uri, "table:access%d", i);
+		error_check(session->create(
+		    session, uri, "key_format=q,value_format=u,type=file"));
+#if ENABLE_TRANSACTIONS
+		session->commit_transaction(session, NULL);
+#endif
+	}
 	/*! [access example table create] */
+	return ;
 
 	/*! [access example cursor open] */
 	error_check(session->open_cursor(
diff --git a/src/schema/schema_create.c b/src/schema/schema_create.c
index 596975e..7ff8091 100644
--- a/src/schema/schema_create.c
+++ b/src/schema/schema_create.c
@@ -691,21 +691,27 @@ __wt_schema_create(
 	 */
 	WT_RET(__wt_meta_track_on(session));
 
-	if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "colgroup:"))
+	if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "colgroup:")) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = __create_colgroup(session, uri, exclusive, config);
-	else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "file:"))
+	} else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "file:")) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = __create_file(session, uri, exclusive, config);
-	else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "lsm:"))
+	} else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "lsm:")) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = __wt_lsm_tree_create(session, uri, exclusive, config);
-	else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "index:"))
+	} else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "index:")) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = __create_index(session, uri, exclusive, config);
-	else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "table:"))
+	} else if (WT_PREFIX_MATCH(uri, "table:")) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = __create_table(session, uri, exclusive, config);
-	else if ((dsrc = __wt_schema_get_source(session, uri)) != NULL)
+	} else if ((dsrc = __wt_schema_get_source(session, uri)) != NULL) {
+		__wt_yield();
 		ret = dsrc->create == NULL ?
 		    __wt_object_unsupported(session, uri) :
 		    __create_data_source(session, uri, config, dsrc);
-	else
+	} else
 		ret = __wt_bad_object_type(session, uri);
 
 	session->dhandle = NULL;
diff --git a/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c b/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
index e54ec99..b01d07a 100644
--- a/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
+++ b/src/txn/txn_ckpt.c
@@ -304,12 +304,17 @@ __wt_checkpoint_get_handles(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, const char *cfg[])
 		bool metadata_race;
 
 		WT_ASSERT(session, !F_ISSET(&session->txn, WT_TXN_ERROR));
+		__wt_sleep(0, 1000);
 		WT_RET(__wt_metadata_cursor(session, &meta_cursor));
 		meta_cursor->set_key(meta_cursor, session->dhandle->name);
 		ret = __wt_curfile_insert_check(meta_cursor);
 		if (ret == WT_ROLLBACK) {
 			metadata_race = true;
+			fprintf(stderr, "Danger Will Robinson!\n");
+			exit(1);
+#if 0
 			ret = 0;
+#endif
 		} else
 			metadata_race = false;
 		WT_TRET(__wt_metadata_cursor_release(session, &meta_cursor));