diff --git a/dvc/external_repo.py b/dvc/external_repo.py
index 20a4db4c8..c29863465 100644
--- a/dvc/external_repo.py
+++ b/dvc/external_repo.py
@@ -35,17 +35,29 @@ class RevError(ExternalRepoError):
         )
 
 
-def _clone(url=None, rev=None, rev_lock=None, cache_dir=None):
-    import git
+def _clone(cache_dir=None, **kwargs):
     from dvc.repo import Repo
 
     _path = tempfile.mkdtemp("dvc-repo")
 
-    try:
-        repo = git.Repo.clone_from(url, _path, no_single_branch=True)
-    except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
-        raise CloneError(url, _path, exc)
+    _clone_git_repo(_path, **kwargs)
 
+    if cache_dir:
+        repo = Repo(_path)
+        cache_config = CacheConfig(repo.config)
+        cache_config.set_dir(cache_dir, level=Config.LEVEL_LOCAL)
+        repo.scm.git.close()
+
+    return Repo(_path)
+
+
+def _clone_git_repo(to_path, url=None, rev=None, rev_lock=None):
+    import git
+
+    try:
+        repo = git.Repo.clone_from(url, to_path, no_single_branch=True)
+    except git.exc.GitCommandError as exc:
+        raise CloneError(url, to_path, exc)
     try:
         revision = rev_lock or rev
         if revision:
@@ -56,14 +68,6 @@ def _clone(url=None, rev=None, rev_lock=None, cache_dir=None):
     finally:
         repo.close()
 
-    if cache_dir:
-        repo = Repo(_path)
-        cache_config = CacheConfig(repo.config)
-        cache_config.set_dir(cache_dir, level=Config.LEVEL_LOCAL)
-        repo.scm.git.close()
-
-    return Repo(_path)
-
 
 def _remove(repo):
     repo.scm.git.close()
diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index 8ce47a9ff..edacef724 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from dvc.exceptions import (
 )
 from dvc.progress import progress, ProgressCallback
 from dvc.utils import LARGE_DIR_SIZE, tmp_fname, to_chunks, move, relpath
-from dvc.state import StateBase
+from dvc.state import StateNoop
 from dvc.path_info import PathInfo, URLInfo
 
 
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class RemoteBASE(object):
     CHECKSUM_DIR_SUFFIX = ".dir"
     CHECKSUM_JOBS = max(1, min(4, cpu_count() // 2))
 
+    state = StateNoop()
+
     def __init__(self, repo, config):
         self.repo = repo
         deps_ok = all(self.REQUIRES.values())
@@ -113,7 +115,6 @@ class RemoteBASE(object):
 
         self.protected = False
         self.no_traverse = config.get(Config.SECTION_REMOTE_NO_TRAVERSE)
-        self.state = StateBase()
         self._dir_info = {}
 
     def __repr__(self):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py b/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
index c35502df7..5241031d9 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local/__init__.py
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBASE):
 
     def __init__(self, repo, config):
         super(RemoteLOCAL, self).__init__(repo, config)
-        self.state = self.repo.state if self.repo else None
         self.protected = config.get(Config.SECTION_CACHE_PROTECTED, False)
 
         types = config.get(Config.SECTION_CACHE_TYPE, None)
@@ -83,6 +82,10 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBASE):
         self.path_info = PathInfo(cache_dir) if cache_dir else None
         self._dir_info = {}
 
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        return self.repo.state
+
     @property
     def cache_dir(self):
         return self.path_info.fspath if self.path_info else None
diff --git a/dvc/repo/__init__.py b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
index 4ec38c053..50f8097f4 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/__init__.py
@@ -128,12 +128,11 @@ class Repo(object):
         updater = Updater(self.dvc_dir)
 
         flist = [
-            self.state.state_file,
             self.lock.lock_file,
             self.config.config_local_file,
             updater.updater_file,
             updater.lock.lock_file,
-        ] + self.state.temp_files
+        ] + self.state.files
 
         if self.cache.local.cache_dir.startswith(self.root_dir):
             flist += [self.cache.local.cache_dir]
diff --git a/dvc/repo/get.py b/dvc/repo/get.py
index 72a147d2f..e8ea9ba0e 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/get.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/get.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import shortuuid
 from dvc.config import Config
 from dvc.path_info import PathInfo
 from dvc.external_repo import external_repo
+from dvc.state import StateNoop
 from dvc.utils import remove
 from dvc.utils.compat import urlparse
 
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ def get(url, path, out=None, rev=None):
     tmp_dir = os.path.join(dpath, "." + str(shortuuid.uuid()))
     try:
         with external_repo(cache_dir=tmp_dir, url=url, rev=rev) as repo:
+            # Note: we need to replace state, because in case of getting DVC
+            # dependency on CIFS or NFS filesystems, sqlite-based state
+            # will be unable to obtain lock
+            repo.state = StateNoop()
+
             # Try any links possible to avoid data duplication.
             #
             # Not using symlink, because we need to remove cache after we are
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ def get(url, path, out=None, rev=None):
                 Config.SECTION_CACHE_TYPE,
                 "reflink,hardlink,copy",
             )
+
             o = repo.find_out_by_relpath(path)
             with repo.state:
                 repo.cloud.pull(o.get_used_cache())
diff --git a/dvc/state.py b/dvc/state.py
index 211ed2683..4a2529b22 100644
--- a/dvc/state.py
+++ b/dvc/state.py
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ class StateVersionTooNewError(DvcException):
         )
 
 
-class StateBase(object):
+class StateNoop(object):
+    files = []
+
     def save(self, path_info, checksum):
         pass
 
@@ -41,8 +43,14 @@ class StateBase(object):
     def save_link(self, path_info):
         pass
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        pass
 
-class State(StateBase):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        pass
+
+
+class State(object):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     """Class for the state database.
 
     Args:
@@ -112,6 +120,10 @@ class State(StateBase):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         self.cursor = None
         self.inserts = 0
 
+    @property
+    def files(self):
+        return self.temp_files + [self.state_file]
+
     def __enter__(self):
         self.load()