Index: src/log4net.Tests/Appender/RollingFileAppenderTest.cs
===================================================================
--- src/log4net.Tests/Appender/RollingFileAppenderTest.cs	(revision 1710478)
+++ src/log4net.Tests/Appender/RollingFileAppenderTest.cs	(working copy)
@@ -1397,6 +1397,10 @@
 		/// <returns>A configured ILogger</returns>
 		private static ILogger CreateLogger(string filename, FileAppender.LockingModelBase lockModel, IErrorHandler handler)
 		{
+			return CreateLogger(filename, lockModel, handler, 100000, 0);
+		}
+		private static ILogger CreateLogger(string filename, FileAppender.LockingModelBase lockModel, IErrorHandler handler, int maxFileSize, int maxSizeRollBackups)
+		{
 			Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy h = (Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy)LogManager.CreateRepository("TestRepository");
 
 			RollingFileAppender appender = new RollingFileAppender();
@@ -1404,9 +1408,10 @@
 			appender.AppendToFile = false;
 			appender.CountDirection = 0;
 			appender.RollingStyle = RollingFileAppender.RollingMode.Size;
-			appender.MaxFileSize = 100000;
+			appender.MaxFileSize = maxFileSize;
 			appender.Encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
 			appender.ErrorHandler = handler;
+			appender.MaxSizeRollBackups = maxSizeRollBackups;
 			if (lockModel != null)
 			{
 				appender.LockingModel = lockModel;
@@ -1686,6 +1691,28 @@
             AssertFileEquals(filename, "This is a message" + Environment.NewLine + "Test" + Environment.NewLine + "This is a message 2" + Environment.NewLine);
             Assert.AreEqual("", sh.Message, "Unexpected error message");
         }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Verifies that rolling file works
+		/// </summary>
+		[Test]
+		public void TestInterProcessLockRoll()
+		{
+			String filename = "test.log";
+			bool locked;
+
+			SilentErrorHandler sh = new SilentErrorHandler();
+			ILogger log = CreateLogger(filename, new FileAppender.InterProcessLock(), sh, 1, 2);
+
+			Assert.DoesNotThrow(delegate { log.Log(GetType(), Level.Info, "A", null); });
+			Assert.DoesNotThrow(delegate { log.Log(GetType(), Level.Info, "A", null); });
+			
+			DestroyLogger();
+
+			AssertFileEquals(filename, "A" + Environment.NewLine);
+			AssertFileEquals(filename + ".1", "A" + Environment.NewLine);
+			Assert.IsEmpty(sh.Message);
+		}
 #endif
 
         /// <summary>
Index: src/log4net/Appender/FileAppender.cs
===================================================================
--- src/log4net/Appender/FileAppender.cs	(revision 1710478)
+++ src/log4net/Appender/FileAppender.cs	(working copy)
@@ -647,7 +647,6 @@
         public class InterProcessLock : LockingModelBase
         {
             private Mutex m_mutex = null;
-            private bool m_mutexClosed = false;
             private Stream m_stream = null;
 
             /// <summary>
@@ -678,8 +677,7 @@
                             .Replace(":", "_")
                             .Replace("/", "_");
 
-                    m_mutex = new Mutex(false, mutextFriendlyFilename); 
-                    m_mutexClosed = false;
+                    m_mutex = new Mutex(false, mutextFriendlyFilename);
                 }
                 catch (Exception e1)
                 {
@@ -704,7 +702,7 @@
                 finally {
                     m_mutex.ReleaseMutex();
                     m_mutex.Close();
-                    m_mutexClosed = true;
+					m_mutex = null;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -737,7 +735,7 @@
             /// </summary>
             public override void ReleaseLock()
             {
-                if (m_mutexClosed == false && m_mutex != null)
+                if (m_mutex != null)
                 {
                     m_mutex.ReleaseMutex();
                 }