diff --git a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
index a174771c80..0881725a1b 100644
--- a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ enum
 
 #define GST_RSVG_LOCK(overlay) G_STMT_START { \
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (overlay, "Locking rsvgoverlay from thread %p", g_thread_self ()); \
-  g_static_mutex_lock (&overlay->rsvg_lock); \
+  g_mutex_lock (&overlay->rsvg_lock); \
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (overlay, "Locked rsvgoverlay from thread %p", g_thread_self ()); \
 } G_STMT_END
 
 #define GST_RSVG_UNLOCK(overlay) G_STMT_START { \
   GST_LOG_OBJECT (overlay, "Unlocking rsvgoverlay from thread %p", g_thread_self ()); \
-  g_static_mutex_unlock (&overlay->rsvg_lock); \
+  g_mutex_unlock (&overlay->rsvg_lock); \
 } G_STMT_END
 
 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.h b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.h
index d303a852a8..b853b5d538 100644
--- a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.h
+++ b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct _GstRsvgOverlay
   GstVideoFilter element;
 
   /* < private > */
-  GStaticMutex rsvg_lock;
+  GMutex rsvg_lock;
 
   RsvgHandle *handle;