diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 37e4f67ea..6123b3429 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-08  Adam Byrtek  <alpha@debian.org>
+
+	* edit.c (edit_clean): Remove stale lock if any.
+
 2003-07-08  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* edit-widget.h: Add new field loading_done.
diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index 75420bb4a..9916086b6 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ edit_clean (WEdit *edit)
     if (!edit)
 	return 0;
 
+    /* a stale lock, remove it */
+    if (edit->locked)
+	edit->locked = edit_unlock_file (edit->filename);
+    
     /* save cursor position */
     if (option_save_position)
 	edit_save_position (edit);