Index: manager.c
===================================================================
--- manager.c	(revision 11943)
+++ manager.c	(working copy)
@@ -1730,9 +1730,10 @@
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&sessionlock);
 	if (manager_hooks) {
 		struct manager_custom_hook *hookp;
-		ast_mutex_lock(&hooklock);
 		char *p;
 		int len;
+
+		ast_mutex_lock(&hooklock);
 		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "event: %s\r\nprivilege: %s\r\n", event, authority_to_str(category, tmp, sizeof(tmp)));
 		len = strlen(tmp);
 		p = tmp + len;
@@ -1944,15 +1945,16 @@
 	cat = ast_category_browse(cfg, NULL);
 	amus=NULL; /* Resetting the boss */
 	while(cat) {
+		struct ast_variable *var;
+		struct ast_manager_user *amu;
+
 		if (!strcasecmp(cat, "general")) { 
 			ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "ignoring the cat general\n");
 			cat = ast_category_browse(cfg, cat);
 			continue;
 		}
 		
-		struct ast_manager_user *amu = malloc(sizeof(struct ast_manager_user));
-		memset(amu, 0, sizeof(struct ast_manager_user));
-		struct ast_variable *var;
+		amu = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(struct ast_manager_user));
 		var = ast_variable_browse(cfg, cat);
 
 		while (var) {