diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
index 53e25cb18ea..6a1c0698b37 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_pipe.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ static struct pipe_screen *radeonsi_screen_create_impl(struct radeon_winsys *ws,
              1 << util_logbase2(sscreen->force_aniso));
    }
 
-   (void)mtx_init(&sscreen->aux_context_lock, mtx_recursive);
+   (void)mtx_init(&sscreen->aux_context_lock, mtx_plain | mtx_recursive);
    (void)simple_mtx_init(&sscreen->async_compute_context_lock, mtx_plain);
    (void)simple_mtx_init(&sscreen->gpu_load_mutex, mtx_plain);
    (void)simple_mtx_init(&sscreen->gds_mutex, mtx_plain);