diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index b007f9b033..0c3eebe974 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Documentation\sand\scomment\supdates\sin\ssqlite.h.in\sand\smutex.c.\s(CVS\s4299)
-D 2007-08-25T16:21:30
+C Create\sa\sfresh\spthread_mutexattr_t\severy\stime\sa\srecursive\smutex\sis\nallocated.\s\sTicket\s#2588.\s(CVS\s4300)
+D 2007-08-25T16:31:30
 F Makefile.in 938f2769921fa1b30c633548f153804021eb1512
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 65241babba6faf1152bf86574477baab19190499
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ F src/malloc.c d4282f50964ab1ca31f504c97b7cf2fdb4d4195d
 F src/md5.c c5fdfa5c2593eaee2e32a5ce6c6927c986eaf217
 F src/mem1.c afe2fbf6d7e8247c6c9f69c1481358b1cad60c08
 F src/mem2.c 1a2ca756a285b5365d667841508cc1f98938b8d8
-F src/mutex.c 676c77a92127d27862d880f7789805f753737f00
+F src/mutex.c 438d59f4ea7a69d8607c024702d3a137ee55bc5e
 F src/os.c a8ed3c495161475dbce255f7003144144fb425f1
 F src/os.h 2bfbbad126a775e4d8c7d59eb4d9585a5fd7dfb5
 F src/os_common.h a5c446d3b93f09f369d13bf217de4bed3437dd1c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl 8be95ee6dba05eabcd27a9d91331c803f2ce2130
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 890248cf7b70e60c383b0e84d77d5132b3ead42b
 F www/whentouse.tcl fc46eae081251c3c181bd79c5faef8195d7991a5
-P a6bbf6eaf6ccc471b4efe02cd8a3971112d909ab
-R 5aa8de70c5a923723a89fce8d25cd561
+P 7289079d6b4a7a160063e34c0f5e43637ef7476f
+R d800e16d6642cfcaec4398d15460213b
 U drh
-Z dd6162fabca2e02bb42b3381cc2f1528
+Z 01a98a984e78c80696ffafb95f213436
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 56a4704a77..ec2eee80fd 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7289079d6b4a7a160063e34c0f5e43637ef7476f
\ No newline at end of file
+3d746343add3feb9d208302a00b419d71d6ba246
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mutex.c b/src/mutex.c
index d50095f757..73021f6539 100644
--- a/src/mutex.c
+++ b/src/mutex.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains the C functions that implement mutexes for
 ** use by the SQLite core.
 **
-** $Id: mutex.c,v 1.12 2007/08/25 16:21:30 drh Exp $
+** $Id: mutex.c,v 1.13 2007/08/25 16:31:30 drh Exp $
 */
 /*
 ** If SQLITE_MUTEX_APPDEF is defined, then this whole module is
@@ -289,22 +289,14 @@ sqlite3_mutex *sqlite3_mutex_alloc(int iType){
   sqlite3_mutex *p;
   switch( iType ){
     case SQLITE_MUTEX_RECURSIVE: {
-      static pthread_mutex_t initMutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-      static int isInit = 0;
-      static pthread_mutexattr_t recursiveAttr;
-      if( !isInit ){
-        pthread_mutex_lock(&initMutex);
-        if( !isInit ){
-          pthread_mutexattr_init(&recursiveAttr);
-          pthread_mutexattr_settype(&recursiveAttr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
-        }
-        isInit = 1;
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&initMutex);
-      }
       p = sqlite3MallocZero( sizeof(*p) );
       if( p ){
-        p->id = iType;
+        pthread_mutexattr_t recursiveAttr;
+        pthread_mutexattr_init(&recursiveAttr);
+        pthread_mutexattr_settype(&recursiveAttr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
         pthread_mutex_init(&p->mutex, &recursiveAttr);
+        pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&recursiveAttr);
+        p->id = iType;
       }
       break;
     }