}
 
 static void
-rewrite_session_free( void *v_session )
+rewrite_session_clean( void *v_session )
 {
        struct rewrite_session  *session = (struct rewrite_session *)v_session;
 
        ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &session->ls_mutex );
        ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_destroy( &session->ls_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+}
 
-       free( session );
+static void
+rewrite_session_free( void *v_session )
+{
+       rewrite_session_clean( v_session );
+       free( v_session );
 }
 
 /*
                const void *cookie
 )
 {
-       struct rewrite_session *session, tmp;
+       struct rewrite_session *session, tmp = { 0 };
 
        assert( info != NULL );
        assert( cookie != NULL );
 
-       tmp.ls_cookie = ( void * )cookie;
-       
        session = rewrite_session_find( info, cookie );
 
        if ( session == NULL ) {
                return REWRITE_SUCCESS;
        }
 
-       rewrite_session_free( session );
+       rewrite_session_clean( session );
 
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
        ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
        /*
         * There is nothing to delete in the return value
         */
+       tmp.ls_cookie = ( void * )cookie;
        avl_delete( &info->li_cookies, ( caddr_t )&tmp, rewrite_cookie_cmp );
+
        free( session );
 
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS