diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 7382521e..55685061 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3516,6 +3516,8 @@ Claus Muus <email@clausmuus.de>
  ".../Volume linearize"
  for reporting multiple recording entries in case a recording is started during the
  initial reading of the video directory
+ for reporting that getting the lock for removing deleted recordings may fail if the
+ disk is full
 
 Dieter Ferdinand <dieter.ferdinand@gmx.de>
  for reporting a problem with jumping to an absolute position via the Red key in
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 57f6a637..948af28e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9780,9 +9780,11 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   out by Onur Sentürk).
 - Official release.
 
-2022-03-03:
+2022-11-04:
 
 - Added UPDATE-2.6.0, which was missing in the official 2.6.0 release.
 - Fixed unexpected calls of the '-r' script when a recording is interrupted and
   the timer has not yet finished.
 - Now dropping capabilities after opening terminal.
+- Now assuming the lock when removing deleted recordings even if the disk is full
+  (reported by Claus Muus).
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index e86cf853..86c63eb4 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 5.5 2021/12/30 14:35:40 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 5.6 2022/11/04 14:30:01 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -2050,6 +2050,10 @@ bool cLockFile::Lock(int WaitSeconds)
               }
            else {
               LOG_ERROR_STR(fileName);
+              if (errno == ENOSPC) {
+                 esyslog("ERROR: can't create lock file '%s' - assuming lock anyway!", fileName);
+                 return true;
+                 }
               break;
               }
            if (WaitSeconds)