diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index fefd3fa4..8928ccc4 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ static void setuseragent(void)
  */
 static void cleanup(int ret)
 {
+	if(config) {
+		_alpm_handle_unlock(config->handle);
+	}
 	remove_soft_interrupt_handler();
 	if(config) {
 		/* free alpm library resources */