--- subversion-1.7.7/subversion/include/svn_pools.h	
+++ subversion-1.7.7/subversion/include/svn_pools.h	
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ svn_pool_create_ex_debug(pool, allocator
 /** Create a pool as a subpool of @a parent_pool */
 #define svn_pool_create(parent_pool) svn_pool_create_ex(parent_pool, NULL)
 
+apr_pool_t *
+svn_pool_create_unmanaged(void);
+
 /** Clear a @a pool destroying its children.
  *
  * This define for @c svn_pool_clear exists for completeness.
--- subversion-1.7.7/subversion/libsvn_subr/dso.c	
+++ subversion-1.7.7/subversion/libsvn_subr/dso.c	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ 
 static apr_thread_mutex_t *dso_mutex;
 #endif
 
-/* Global pool to allocate DSOs in. */
+/* Global unmanaged pool to allocate DSOs in. */
 static apr_pool_t *dso_pool;
 
 /* Global cache for storing DSO objects. */
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ svn_dso_initialize2(void)
   if (dso_pool)
     return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 
-  dso_pool = svn_pool_create(NULL);
+  dso_pool = svn_pool_create_unmanaged();
 
 #if APR_HAS_THREADS
   status = apr_thread_mutex_create(&dso_mutex,
--- subversion-1.7.7/subversion/libsvn_subr/pool.c	
+++ subversion-1.7.7/subversion/libsvn_subr/pool.c	
@@ -96,4 +96,12 @@ svn_pool_create_ex(apr_pool_t *pool, apr
   return svn_pool_create_ex_debug(pool, allocator, SVN_FILE_LINE_UNDEFINED);
 }
 
+apr_pool_t *
+svn_pool_create_unmanaged()
+{
+  apr_pool_t *pool;
+  apr_pool_create_unmanaged_ex(&pool, abort_on_pool_failure, NULL);
+  return pool;
+}
+
 #endif /* APR_POOL_DEBUG */