diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7bc8cbd27..8458908f4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 (to be released) - 2.9.x 
 ------------------------
 
+ * Fixed apr_global_mutex_create() usage (no filename)
+   [PR #3268 - @marcstern]
  * handle errors from apr_global_mutex_lock
    [PR #3257 - @marcstern]
 
diff --git a/apache2/modsecurity.c b/apache2/modsecurity.c
index 550318893..e21f17766 100644
--- a/apache2/modsecurity.c
+++ b/apache2/modsecurity.c
@@ -123,30 +123,7 @@ msc_engine *modsecurity_create(apr_pool_t *mp, int processing_mode) {
 }
 
 int acquire_global_lock(apr_global_mutex_t **lock, apr_pool_t *mp) {
-    apr_status_t rc;
-    apr_file_t *lock_name;
-    const char *temp_dir;
-    const char *filename = NULL;
-
-    // get platform temp dir
-    rc = apr_temp_dir_get(&temp_dir, mp);
-    if (rc != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, mp, "ModSecurity: Could not get temp dir");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    // use temp path template for lock files
-    char *path = apr_pstrcat(mp, temp_dir, GLOBAL_LOCK_TEMPLATE, NULL);
-
-    rc = apr_file_mktemp(&lock_name, path, 0, mp);
-    if (rc != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, mp, " ModSecurity: Could not create temporary file for global lock");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    // below func always return APR_SUCCESS
-    apr_file_name_get(&filename, lock_name);
-
-    rc = apr_global_mutex_create(lock, filename, APR_LOCK_DEFAULT, mp);
+    apr_status_t rc = apr_global_mutex_create(lock, NULL, APR_LOCK_DEFAULT, mp);
     if (rc != APR_SUCCESS) {
         ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, mp, " ModSecurity: Could not create global mutex");
         return -1;
diff --git a/apache2/modsecurity.h b/apache2/modsecurity.h
index a1751000b..b3976f936 100644
--- a/apache2/modsecurity.h
+++ b/apache2/modsecurity.h
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ typedef struct msc_parm msc_parm;
 
 #define FATAL_ERROR "ModSecurity: Fatal error (memory allocation or unexpected internal error)!"
 
-#define GLOBAL_LOCK_TEMPLATE "/modsec-lock-tmp.XXXXXX"
-
 extern DSOLOCAL char *new_server_signature;
 extern DSOLOCAL char *real_server_signature;
 extern DSOLOCAL char *chroot_dir;
diff --git a/modsecurity.conf-recommended b/modsecurity.conf-recommended
index 11ffbbbdf..e120daef8 100644
--- a/modsecurity.conf-recommended
+++ b/modsecurity.conf-recommended
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ SecPcreMatchLimitRecursion 1000
 # MSC_PCRE_LIMITS_EXCEEDED: PCRE match limits were exceeded.
 #
 SecRule TX:/^MSC_/ "!@streq 0" \
-        "id:'200005',phase:2,t:none,deny,msg:'ModSecurity internal error flagged: %{MATCHED_VAR_NAME}'"
+    "id:'200005',phase:2,t:none,log,deny,msg:'ModSecurity internal error flagged: %{MATCHED_VAR_NAME}'"
 
 
 # -- Response body handling --------------------------------------------------