diff --git a/servers/lloadd/upstream.c b/servers/lloadd/upstream.c
index 25ff2dd314..78ffcc0f4a 100644
--- a/servers/lloadd/upstream.c
+++ b/servers/lloadd/upstream.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ handle_unsolicited( LloadConnection *c, BerElement *ber )
 
     assert( c->c_state != LLOAD_C_INVALID );
     if ( c->c_state == LLOAD_C_DYING ) {
-        CONNECTION_UNLOCK(c);
         goto out;
     }
     c->c_state = LLOAD_C_CLOSING;
@@ -208,12 +207,6 @@ handle_unsolicited( LloadConnection *c, BerElement *ber )
         RELEASE_REF( client, c_refcnt, client->c_destroy );
     }
 
-    if ( c->c_state == LLOAD_C_CLOSING && c->c_ops ) {
-        CONNECTION_UNLOCK(c);
-    } else {
-        CONNECTION_DESTROY(c);
-    }
-
 out:
     ber_free( ber, 1 );
     if ( c->c_state == LLOAD_C_CLOSING && c->c_ops ) {