diff -up db-6.2.23/src/env/env_failchk.c.jbj db-6.2.23/src/env/env_failchk.c
--- db-6.2.23/src/env/env_failchk.c.jbj	2016-03-28 15:45:54.000000000 -0400
+++ db-6.2.23/src/env/env_failchk.c	2016-05-08 14:03:58.153742935 -0400
@@ -528,7 +528,11 @@ __env_set_state(env, ipp, state)
 		DB_ASSERT(env, ip != NULL && ip->dbth_state != THREAD_OUT);
 		if (ipp != NULL)
 			*ipp = ip;
+#ifdef	NOTYET
 		if (ip == NULL || ip->dbth_state == THREAD_OUT)
+#else
+		if (ip == NULL) /* The control block wasn't found */
+#endif
 			return (USR_ERR(env, EINVAL));
 		else
 			return (0);