diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index a85d31d65..21cc39665 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Version 2.01.07 - 8th March 2005
   clvmd fixes: make FDs close-on-exec
                gulm unlocks VG & orphan locks at startup in case they are stale
                gulm now unlocks VG & orphan locks if client dies.
+               Don't take out lvm thread lock at startup, it only protects the 
+               jobs list.
 
 Version 2.01.06 - 1st March 2005
 ================================
diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
index 880f4a3b1..cd33adbd4 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,6 @@ static void *lvm_thread_fn(void *arg)
 	int using_gulm = (int)arg;
 
 	DEBUGLOG("LVM thread function started\n");
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&lvm_thread_mutex);
 
 	/* Ignore SIGUSR1 & 2 */
 	sigemptyset(&ss);
@@ -1608,7 +1607,6 @@ static void *lvm_thread_fn(void *arg)
 
 	/* Initialise the interface to liblvm */
 	init_lvm(using_gulm);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lvm_thread_mutex);
 
 	/* Now wait for some actual work */
 	for (;;) {
diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.h b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.h
index fd59062cf..e4203552a 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.h
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct local_client {
 };
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#define DEBUGLOG(fmt, args...) fprintf(stderr, "CLVMD[%d]: %ld ", getpid(), time(NULL) ); fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## args)
+#define DEBUGLOG(fmt, args...) fprintf(stderr, "CLVMD[%x]: %ld ", (int)pthread_self(), time(NULL) ); fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## args)
 #else
 #define DEBUGLOG(fmt, args...)
 #endif