2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/locking/brlock.c b/source3/locking/brlock.c
index 872ed2bbea..76a4039d82 100644
--- a/source3/locking/brlock.c
+++ b/source3/locking/brlock.c
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ void brl_init(int read_only)
 			lock_path("brlock.tdb")));
 		return;
 	}
+
+	/* Activate the per-hashchain freelist */
+	tdb_set_max_dead(tdb, 5);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
diff --git a/source3/locking/locking.c b/source3/locking/locking.c
index 7326ea08c0..6c4e896a2a 100644
--- a/source3/locking/locking.c
+++ b/source3/locking/locking.c
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ BOOL locking_init(int read_only)
 		return False;
 	}
 
+	/* Activate the per-hashchain freelist */
+	tdb_set_max_dead(tdb, 5);
+
 	if (!posix_locking_init(read_only))
 		return False;