diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_http_cache/mod_http_cache.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_http_cache/mod_http_cache.c
index 625fe236bb..3505c99a9b 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_http_cache/mod_http_cache.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_http_cache/mod_http_cache.c
@@ -1702,6 +1702,7 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_SHUTDOWN_FUNCTION(mod_http_cache_shutdown)
 	gcache.shutdown = 1;
 	switch_queue_interrupt_all(gcache.prefetch_queue);
 	switch_thread_rwlock_wrlock(gcache.shutdown_lock);
+	switch_thread_rwlock_unlock(gcache.shutdown_lock);
 
 	url_cache_clear(&gcache, NULL);
 	switch_core_hash_destroy(&gcache.map);