diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 48fda0718f..d178390318 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.0
 
+  *) mod_ldap: Stop leaking LDAP connections when 'LDAPConnectionPoolTTL 0' 
+     is configured.  PR 58037.  [Ted Phelps <phelps gnusto.com>]
+
   *) core: Allow spaces after chunk-size for compatibility with implementations
      using a pre-filled buffer, and log parsing failures at level INFO.
      [Yann Ylavic, Jeff Trawick]
diff --git a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
index ba11cd29a5..0281245b5b 100644
--- a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
+++ b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
@@ -163,10 +163,11 @@ static void uldap_connection_close(util_ldap_connection_t *ldc)
          /* mark our connection as available for reuse */
          ldc->freed = apr_time_now();
          ldc->r = NULL;
-#if APR_HAS_THREADS
-         apr_thread_mutex_unlock(ldc->lock);
-#endif
      }
+
+#if APR_HAS_THREADS
+     apr_thread_mutex_unlock(ldc->lock);
+#endif
 }