diff --git a/components/ido_mysql/mysqldbconnection.cpp b/components/ido_mysql/mysqldbconnection.cpp
index e4e71a092..24037b554 100644
--- a/components/ido_mysql/mysqldbconnection.cpp
+++ b/components/ido_mysql/mysqldbconnection.cpp
@@ -74,78 +74,80 @@ void MysqlDbConnection::TxTimerHandler(void)
 
 void MysqlDbConnection::ReconnectTimerHandler(void)
 {
-	boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_ConnectionMutex);
+	{
+		boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_ConnectionMutex);
 
-	if (m_Connected) {
-		/* Check if we're really still connected */
-		if (mysql_ping(&m_Connection) == 0)
-			return;
+		if (m_Connected) {
+			/* Check if we're really still connected */
+			if (mysql_ping(&m_Connection) == 0)
+				return;
 
-		mysql_close(&m_Connection);
-		m_Connected = false;
+			mysql_close(&m_Connection);
+			m_Connected = false;
+		}
+
+		String ihost, iuser, ipasswd, idb;
+		const char *host, *user , *passwd, *db;
+		long port;
+
+		ihost = m_Host;
+		iuser = m_User;
+		ipasswd = m_Password;
+		idb = m_Database;
+
+		host = (!ihost.IsEmpty()) ? ihost.CStr() : NULL;
+		port = m_Port;
+		user = (!iuser.IsEmpty()) ? iuser.CStr() : NULL;
+		passwd = (!ipasswd.IsEmpty()) ? ipasswd.CStr() : NULL;
+		db = (!idb.IsEmpty()) ? idb.CStr() : NULL;
+
+		if (!mysql_init(&m_Connection))
+			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::bad_alloc());
+
+		if (!mysql_real_connect(&m_Connection, host, user, passwd, db, port, NULL, 0))
+			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::runtime_error(mysql_error(&m_Connection)));
+
+		m_Connected = true;
+
+		String instanceName = "default";
+
+		if (!m_InstanceName.IsEmpty())
+			instanceName = m_InstanceName;
+
+		Array::Ptr rows = Query("SELECT instance_id FROM icinga_instances WHERE instance_name = '" + Escape(instanceName) + "'");
+
+		if (rows->GetLength() == 0) {
+			Query("INSERT INTO icinga_instances (instance_name, instance_description) VALUES ('" + Escape(instanceName) + "', '" + m_InstanceDescription + "')");
+			m_InstanceID = GetInsertID();
+		} else {
+			Dictionary::Ptr row = rows->Get(0);
+			m_InstanceID = DbReference(row->Get("instance_id"));
+		}
+
+		std::ostringstream msgbuf;
+		msgbuf << "MySQL IDO instance id: " << static_cast<long>(m_InstanceID);
+		Log(LogInformation, "ido_mysql", msgbuf.str());
+
+		Query("UPDATE icinga_objects SET is_active = 0");
+
+		std::ostringstream qbuf;
+		qbuf << "SELECT object_id, objecttype_id, name1, name2 FROM icinga_objects WHERE instance_id = " << static_cast<long>(m_InstanceID);
+		rows = Query(qbuf.str());
+
+		ObjectLock olock(rows);
+		BOOST_FOREACH(const Dictionary::Ptr& row, rows) {
+			DbType::Ptr dbtype = DbType::GetByID(row->Get("objecttype_id"));
+
+			if (!dbtype)
+				continue;
+
+			DbObject::Ptr dbobj = dbtype->GetOrCreateObjectByName(row->Get("name1"), row->Get("name2"));
+			SetReference(dbobj, DbReference(row->Get("object_id")));
+		}
+
+		Query("BEGIN");
 	}
 
-	String ihost, iuser, ipasswd, idb;
-	const char *host, *user , *passwd, *db;
-	long port;
-
-	ihost = m_Host;
-	iuser = m_User;
-	ipasswd = m_Password;
-	idb = m_Database;
-
-	host = (!ihost.IsEmpty()) ? ihost.CStr() : NULL;
-	port = m_Port;
-	user = (!iuser.IsEmpty()) ? iuser.CStr() : NULL;
-	passwd = (!ipasswd.IsEmpty()) ? ipasswd.CStr() : NULL;
-	db = (!idb.IsEmpty()) ? idb.CStr() : NULL;
-
-	if (!mysql_init(&m_Connection))
-		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::bad_alloc());
-
-	if (!mysql_real_connect(&m_Connection, host, user, passwd, db, port, NULL, 0))
-		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::runtime_error(mysql_error(&m_Connection)));
-
-	m_Connected = true;
-
-	String instanceName = "default";
-
-	if (!m_InstanceName.IsEmpty())
-		instanceName = m_InstanceName;
-
-	Array::Ptr rows = Query("SELECT instance_id FROM icinga_instances WHERE instance_name = '" + Escape(instanceName) + "'");
-
-	if (rows->GetLength() == 0) {
-		Query("INSERT INTO icinga_instances (instance_name, instance_description) VALUES ('" + Escape(instanceName) + "', '" + m_InstanceDescription + "')");
-		m_InstanceID = GetInsertID();
-	} else {
-		Dictionary::Ptr row = rows->Get(0);
-		m_InstanceID = DbReference(row->Get("instance_id"));
-	}
-
-	std::ostringstream msgbuf;
-	msgbuf << "MySQL IDO instance id: " << static_cast<long>(m_InstanceID);
-	Log(LogInformation, "ido_mysql", msgbuf.str());
-
-	Query("UPDATE icinga_objects SET is_active = 0");
-
-	std::ostringstream qbuf;
-	qbuf << "SELECT object_id, objecttype_id, name1, name2 FROM icinga_objects WHERE instance_id = " << static_cast<long>(m_InstanceID);
-	rows = Query(qbuf.str());
-
-	ObjectLock olock(rows);
-	BOOST_FOREACH(const Dictionary::Ptr& row, rows) {
-		DbType::Ptr dbtype = DbType::GetByID(row->Get("objecttype_id"));
-
-		if (!dbtype)
-			continue;
-
-		DbObject::Ptr dbobj = dbtype->GetOrCreateObjectByName(row->Get("name1"), row->Get("name2"));
-		SetReference(dbobj, DbReference(row->Get("object_id")));
-	}
-
-	Query("BEGIN");
-
 	UpdateAllObjects();
 }