mysqld dead but pid file exists

[root@ceshi mysql]#/etc/init.d/mysqld status
mysqld dead but pid file exists
[root@ceshi mysql]#cd /var/run/mysqld
[root@ceshi mysqld]#ll
total 4
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mysql mysql 5 Mar 18 11:59 mysqld.pid
[root@ceshi mysqld]#rm -f mysqld.pid
[root@ceshi mysqld]#/etc/init.d/mysqld status
mysqld dead but subsys locked
[root@ceshi mysqld]#/etc/init.d/mysqld restart
Stopping mysqld:                                           [  OK  ]
Starting mysqld:                                           [  OK  ]
[root@ceshimysqld]#mysql -uroot -p