Index: samba/source/tdb/common/open.c
===================================================================
--- samba/source/tdb/common/open.c.orig
+++ samba/source/tdb/common/open.c
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ struct tdb_context *tdb_open_ex(const ch
 		goto fail;
 
 	if (tdb->header.rwlocks != 0) {
-		TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_open_ex: spinlocks no longer supported\n"));
-		goto fail;
+		TDB_LOG((tdb, TDB_DEBUG_ERROR, "tdb_open_ex: spinlocks no longer supported, clearing spinlock flag\n"));
+		tdb->header.rwlocks = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Is it already in the open list?  If so, fail. */