diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
index 464a448276a..9c0c125e136 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ svga_screen_create(struct svga_winsys_screen *sws)
    }
 
    (void) mtx_init(&svgascreen->tex_mutex, mtx_plain);
-   (void) mtx_init(&svgascreen->swc_mutex, mtx_recursive);
+   (void) mtx_init(&svgascreen->swc_mutex, mtx_plain | mtx_recursive);
 
    svga_screen_cache_init(svgascreen);