diff --git a/library/std/src/backtrace.rs b/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
index cc29e1c0b0522..a9d8a4e2a81c1 100644
--- a/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/backtrace.rs
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ impl Backtrace {
     // Capture a backtrace which start just before the function addressed by
     // `ip`
     fn create(ip: usize) -> Backtrace {
-        let _lock = lock();
+        // SAFETY: We don't attempt to lock this reentrantly.
+        let _lock = unsafe { lock() };
         let mut frames = Vec::new();
         let mut actual_start = None;
         unsafe {
@@ -408,7 +409,8 @@ impl Capture {
         // Use the global backtrace lock to synchronize this as it's a
         // requirement of the `backtrace` crate, and then actually resolve
         // everything.
-        let _lock = lock();
+        // SAFETY: We don't attempt to lock this reentrantly.
+        let _lock = unsafe { lock() };
         for frame in self.frames.iter_mut() {
             let symbols = &mut frame.symbols;
             let frame = match &frame.frame {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
index 1c5fbf7d70102..a549770d8b378 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs
@@ -8,27 +8,15 @@ use crate::io;
 use crate::io::prelude::*;
 use crate::path::{self, Path, PathBuf};
 use crate::sync::atomic::{self, Ordering};
-use crate::sys::mutex::Mutex;
+use crate::sys_common::mutex::StaticMutex;
 
 /// Max number of frames to print.
 const MAX_NB_FRAMES: usize = 100;
 
-pub fn lock() -> impl Drop {
-    struct Guard;
-    static LOCK: Mutex = Mutex::new();
-
-    impl Drop for Guard {
-        fn drop(&mut self) {
-            unsafe {
-                LOCK.unlock();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    unsafe {
-        LOCK.lock();
-        Guard
-    }
+// SAFETY: Don't attempt to lock this reentrantly.
+pub unsafe fn lock() -> impl Drop {
+    static LOCK: StaticMutex = StaticMutex::new();
+    LOCK.lock()
 }
 
 /// Prints the current backtrace.