diff -urN rpm-4_0-4.0.4.orig/rpmdb/db3.c rpm-4_0-4.0.4/rpmdb/db3.c
--- rpm-4_0-4.0.4.orig/rpmdb/db3.c	2005-02-10 15:15:42 +0300
+++ rpm-4_0-4.0.4/rpmdb/db3.c	2005-06-14 15:45:50 +0400
@@ -1107,7 +1107,6 @@
 		prDbiOpenFlags(oflags, 0), dbi->dbi_mode);
 
     if (rc == 0) {
-	static int _lockdbfd = 0;
 
 	/*@-moduncon@*/ /* FIX: annotate db3 methods */
 	rc = db_create(&db, dbenv, dbi->dbi_cflags);
@@ -1312,7 +1311,7 @@
 	     * DBENV player may already have acquired the lock.
 	     */
 	    if (rc == 0 && dbi->dbi_lockdbfd &&
-		(!dbi->dbi_use_dbenv || _lockdbfd++ == 0))
+		!dbi->dbi_use_dbenv)
 	    {
 		int fdno = -1;