Modifications   *modlist = NULL;
 
-       int                             match, m;
+       int                             match, m, punlock = 0;
 
        struct timeval *tout_p = NULL;
        struct timeval tout = { 0, 0 };
                                                        }
                                                }
                                                /* check pending CSNs too */
-                                               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock( &si->si_cookieState->cs_pmutex );
+                                               while ( ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_trylock( &si->si_cookieState->cs_pmutex )) {
+                                                       if ( slapd_shutdown ) {
+                                                               rc = -2;
+                                                               goto done;
+                                                       }
+                                                       if ( !ldap_pvt_thread_pool_pausecheck( &connection_pool ))
+                                                               ldap_pvt_thread_yield();
+                                               }
                                                for ( i =0; i<si->si_cookieState->cs_pnum; i++ ) {
                                                        if ( si->si_cookieState->cs_psids[i] == sid ) {
                                                                if ( ber_bvcmp( syncCookie.ctxcsn, &si->si_cookieState->cs_pvals[i] ) <= 0 ) {
                                                        si->si_cookieState->cs_psids = ch_realloc( si->si_cookieState->cs_psids, si->si_cookieState->cs_pnum * sizeof(int));
                                                        si->si_cookieState->cs_psids[i] = sid;
                                                }
-                                               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &si->si_cookieState->cs_pmutex );
+                                               punlock = 1;
                                        }
                                        op->o_controls[slap_cids.sc_LDAPsync] = &syncCookie;
                                }
                                        rc = syncrepl_updateCookie( si, op, &syncCookie );
                                }
                        }
+                       if ( punlock );
+                               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &si->si_cookieState->cs_pmutex );
                        ldap_controls_free( rctrls );
                        if ( modlist ) {
                                slap_mods_free( modlist, 1 );