/* If this node is in the process of linking into the cache,
                 * or this node is being deleted, skip it.
+                *
+                * Also, if this node has no entry attached, skip it, there's
+                * nothing to purge anyway.
                 */
-               if ( elru->bei_state & ( CACHE_ENTRY_NOT_LINKED |
-                       CACHE_ENTRY_DELETED | CACHE_ENTRY_LOADING )) {
+               if (( elru->bei_state & ( CACHE_ENTRY_NOT_LINKED |
+                       CACHE_ENTRY_DELETED | CACHE_ENTRY_LOADING )) ||
+                       !elru->bei_e ) {
                        bdb_cache_entryinfo_unlock( elru );
                        continue;
                }
                }
        }
 
-       bdb->bi_cache.c_lruhead = elru;
+       bdb->bi_cache.c_lruhead = elnext;
        ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &bdb->bi_cache.lru_head_mutex );
 }
 
                                bdb_cache_entryinfo_unlock( *eip );
                                islocked = 0;
                        }
-                       rc = bdb_cache_entry_db_lock( bdb, locker, *eip, 0, 0, lock );
+                       rc = bdb_cache_entry_db_lock( bdb, locker, *eip, load, 0, lock );
                        if ( (*eip)->bei_state & CACHE_ENTRY_DELETED ) {
                                rc = DB_NOTFOUND;
                                bdb_cache_entry_db_unlock( bdb, lock );
                        } else if ( rc == 0 ) {
                                if ( load ) {
-                                       /* Give up original read lock, obtain write lock
-                                        */
-                                   if ( rc == 0 ) {
-                                               rc = bdb_cache_entry_db_relock( bdb, locker,
-                                                       *eip, 1, 0, lock );
-                                       }
-                                       if ( rc == 0 && !ep) {
+                                       if ( !ep) {
                                                rc = bdb_id2entry( op->o_bd, tid, locker, id, &ep );
                                        }
                                        if ( rc == 0 ) {