diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b6f4029..670c2fe0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-09-01  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@initd.org>
 
+	* psycopg/connection_type.c: merged in double mutex destroy patch
+	from Joerg Sonnenberger.
+
 	* Implemented large objects support.
 
 	* psycopg/connection_int.c: removed increment of self->mark,
diff --git a/psycopg/connection_type.c b/psycopg/connection_type.c
index 32ce8618..191582ab 100644
--- a/psycopg/connection_type.c
+++ b/psycopg/connection_type.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ connection_setup(connectionObject *self, char *dsn)
     pthread_mutex_init(&(self->lock), NULL);
  
     if (conn_connect(self) != 0) {
-        pthread_mutex_destroy(&(self->lock));
         Dprintf("connection_init: FAILED");
         return -1;
     }