Index: server/mpm/event/event.c
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--- server/mpm/event/event.c	(revision 1705937)
+++ server/mpm/event/event.c	(working copy)
@@ -1816,11 +1816,12 @@
             /* If all workers are busy, we kill older keep-alive connections so that they
              * may connect to another process.
              */
-            if (workers_were_busy && *keepalive_q->total) {
-                ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE1, 0, ap_server_conf,
-                             "All workers are busy, will close %d keep-alive "
-                             "connections",
-                             *keepalive_q->total);
+            if ((workers_were_busy || dying) && *keepalive_q->total) {
+                if (!dying)
+                    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE1, 0, ap_server_conf,
+                                 "All workers are busy, will close %d keep-alive "
+                                 "connections",
+                                 *keepalive_q->total);
                 process_timeout_queue(keepalive_q, 0,
                                       start_lingering_close_nonblocking);
             }