diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 5d0368c35b2b9835b55425c345c0c59defd65bfb..a8aae43b6fe6f9e172f7174351f45ac49e401656 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.448 2005/03/24 05:19:05 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.449 2005/03/24 18:16:17 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -1248,10 +1248,11 @@ ServerLoop(void)
 		/*
 		 * Touch the socket and lock file at least every hour, to
 		 * ensure that they are not removed by overzealous /tmp-cleaning
-		 * tasks.
+		 * tasks.  Set to 58 minutes so a cleaner never sees the
+		 * file as an hour old.
 		 */
 		now = time(NULL);
-		if (now - last_touch_time >= 60 * 60)
+		if (now - last_touch_time >= 58 * 60)
 		{
 			TouchSocketFile();
 			TouchSocketLockFile();