1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index b0bbbe8c..d35512bd 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_release(pmhandle_t *myhandle)
 		ret = -1;
 	}
 
+	_alpm_handle_unlock(myhandle);
 	_alpm_handle_free(myhandle);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL