Index: server/mpm/worker/worker.c
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--- server/mpm/worker/worker.c	(revision 292229)
+++ server/mpm/worker/worker.c	(working copy)
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@
             }
             else {
                 ptrans = recycled_pool;
+                recycled_pool = NULL;
             }
             apr_pool_tag(ptrans, "transaction");
             rv = lr->accept_func(&csd, lr, ptrans);
@@ -729,11 +730,15 @@
                     apr_socket_close(csd);
                     ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, rv, ap_server_conf,
                                  "ap_queue_push failed");
+                    recycled_pool = ptrans;
                 }
                 else {
                     have_idle_worker = 0;
                 }
             }
+            else {
+                recycled_pool = ptrans;
+            }
         }
         else {
             if ((rv = SAFE_ACCEPT(apr_proc_mutex_unlock(accept_mutex)))