diff --git a/mail/sympa/Makefile b/mail/sympa/Makefile
index 23db3197b0f..6e4e23b44af 100644
--- a/mail/sympa/Makefile
+++ b/mail/sympa/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.15 2011/06/02 13:41:39 ajacoutot Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2011/07/06 17:11:03 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 COMMENT =	mailing list manager with web interface
 
 VERSION =	6.1.3
 DISTNAME =	sympa-${VERSION}
 
-REVISION =	4
+REVISION =	5
 
 CATEGORIES =	mail www
 
diff --git a/mail/sympa/pkg/sympa.rc b/mail/sympa/pkg/sympa.rc
index 48971735119..69e95095bc9 100644
--- a/mail/sympa/pkg/sympa.rc
+++ b/mail/sympa/pkg/sympa.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# $OpenBSD: sympa.rc,v 1.4 2011/03/20 09:19:25 ajacoutot Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: sympa.rc,v 1.5 2011/07/06 17:11:03 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 daemon="${TRUEPREFIX}/sbin/sympa"
 
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ daemon="${TRUEPREFIX}/sbin/sympa"
 rc_reload=NO
 
 rc_start() {
+	[ -f /var/spool/lock/sympa ] && \
+		rm /var/spool/lock/sympa
 	${rcexec} "${daemon} start"
 }