*** db/db_am.c.orig	Sun Jan  3 13:12:26 1999
--- db/db_am.c	Tue Jan  5 09:39:30 1999
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*** 173,183 ****
  
  	ret = 0;
  
! 	/* Release the lock. */
! 	if (F_ISSET(dbc->dbp, DB_AM_CDB) && dbc->mylock != LOCK_INVALID) {
! 		ret = lock_put(dbc->dbp->dbenv->lk_info, dbc->mylock);
! 		dbc->mylock = LOCK_INVALID;
! 	}
  
  	/* Remove the cursor from the active queue. */
  	DB_THREAD_LOCK(dbp);
--- 173,183 ----
  
  	ret = 0;
  
! 	/*
! 	 * We cannot release the lock until after we've called the
! 	 * access method specific routine, since btrees may have pending
! 	 * deletes.
! 	 */
  
  	/* Remove the cursor from the active queue. */
  	DB_THREAD_LOCK(dbp);
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*** 188,193 ****
--- 188,199 ----
  	if ((t_ret = dbc->c_am_close(dbc)) != 0 && ret == 0)
  		t_ret = ret;
  
+ 	/* Release the lock. */
+ 	if (F_ISSET(dbc->dbp, DB_AM_CDB) && dbc->mylock != LOCK_INVALID) {
+ 		ret = lock_put(dbc->dbp->dbenv->lk_info, dbc->mylock);
+ 		dbc->mylock = LOCK_INVALID;
+ 	}
+ 
  	/* Clean up the cursor. */
  	dbc->flags = 0;