diff -urbB httpd-2.2.0.org/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c httpd-2.2.0/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c
--- httpd-2.2.0.org/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c	2005-11-10 16:20:05.000000000 +0100
+++ httpd-2.2.0/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_mutex.c	2005-12-02 23:11:09.183916500 +0100
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     if (mc->pMutex) {
         return TRUE;
     }
+
+    if (mc->szMutexFile)
+	    apr_file_remove(mc->szMutexFile, p);
+
     if ((rv = apr_global_mutex_create(&mc->pMutex, mc->szMutexFile,
                                       mc->nMutexMech, s->process->pool))
             != APR_SUCCESS) {