diff --git a/apache/apache-lib.pl b/apache/apache-lib.pl
index 0504e16b1..49ed4808a 100755
--- a/apache/apache-lib.pl
+++ b/apache/apache-lib.pl
@@ -1334,7 +1334,8 @@ sub lock_apache_files
 {
 local $conf = &get_config();
 local $f;
-foreach $f (&unique(map { $_->{'file'} } @$conf)) {
+@main::locked_apache_files = &unique(map { $_->{'file'} } @$conf);
+foreach $f (@main::locked_apache_files) {
 	&lock_file($f);
 	}
 }
@@ -1343,9 +1344,10 @@ sub unlock_apache_files
 {
 local $conf = &get_config();
 local $f;
-foreach $f (&unique(map { $_->{'file'} } @$conf)) {
+foreach $f (@main::locked_apache_files) {
 	&unlock_file($f);
 	}
+@main::locked_apache_files = ( );
 }
 
 # directive_lines(directive, ...)