diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 106195d4a..a56bdac6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o [NSE] Fixed a bug with worker threads calling the wrong destructors.
+  Fixing this allows better parallelism in http-brute.nse. The problem
+  was reported by Patrik Karlsson. [David, Patrick]
+
 o [Zenmap] Made the topology node radiuses grow logarithmically
   instead of linearly, so that hosts with thousands of open ports
   don't overwhelm the diagram. Also only open ports (not
diff --git a/nse_main.lua b/nse_main.lua
index e1b01acdf..f2adddd45 100644
--- a/nse_main.lua
+++ b/nse_main.lua
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ local function run (threads, scantype)
       type = current.type,
       parent = current.parent,
       info = format("'%s' worker (%s)", current.short_basename, tostring(co));
+      close_handlers = {},
       -- d = function(...) end, -- output no debug information
     };
     local thread_mt = {