diff --git a/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
index 90cc79dad66bb..e53a97eccdfca 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -190,10 +190,14 @@ impl<T> Mutex<T> {
     /// Creates a new mutex in an unlocked state ready for use.
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn new(t: T) -> Mutex<T> {
-        Mutex {
+        let mut m = Mutex {
             inner: box StaticMutex::new(),
             data: UnsafeCell::new(t),
+        };
+        unsafe {
+            m.inner.lock.init();
         }
+        m
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/mutex.rs
index 5a6dfe7fb1a15..7a2183c522f5b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/mutex.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ impl Mutex {
     /// first used with any of the functions below.
     pub const fn new() -> Mutex { Mutex(imp::Mutex::new()) }
 
+    /// Prepare the mutex for use.
+    ///
+    /// This should be called once the mutex is at a stable memory address.
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn init(&mut self) { self.0.init() }
+
     /// Locks the mutex blocking the current thread until it is available.
     ///
     /// Behavior is undefined if the mutex has been moved between this and any
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/mutex.rs
index 4e4abcfbeee4d..52cf3f97c5c83 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/mutex.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,39 @@ impl Mutex {
         Mutex { inner: UnsafeCell::new(libc::PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER) }
     }
     #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn init(&mut self) {
+        // Issue #33770
+        //
+        // A pthread mutex initialized with PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER will have
+        // a type of PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT, which has undefined behavior if you
+        // try to re-lock it from the same thread when you already hold a lock.
+        //
+        // In practice, glibc takes advantage of this undefined behavior to
+        // implement hardware lock elision, which uses hardware transactional
+        // memory to avoid acquiring the lock. While a transaction is in
+        // progress, the lock appears to be unlocked. This isn't a problem for
+        // other threads since the transactional memory will abort if a conflict
+        // is detected, however no abort is generated if re-locking from the
+        // same thread.
+        //
+        // Since locking the same mutex twice will result in two aliasing &mut
+        // references, we instead create the mutex with type
+        // PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL which is guaranteed to deadlock if we try to
+        // re-lock it from the same thread, thus avoiding undefined behavior.
+        //
+        // We can't do anything for StaticMutex, but that type is deprecated
+        // anyways.
+        let mut attr: libc::pthread_mutexattr_t = mem::uninitialized();
+        let r = libc::pthread_mutexattr_init(&mut attr);
+        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
+        let r = libc::pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mut attr, libc::PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL);
+        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
+        let r = libc::pthread_mutex_init(self.inner.get(), &attr);
+        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
+        let r = libc::pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&mut attr);
+        debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
+    }
+    #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn lock(&self) {
         let r = libc::pthread_mutex_lock(self.inner.get());
         debug_assert_eq!(r, 0);
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
index b770156582d3b..8762b34e3da48 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ impl Mutex {
             held: UnsafeCell::new(false),
         }
     }
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn init(&mut self) {}
     pub unsafe fn lock(&self) {
         match kind() {
             Kind::SRWLock => c::AcquireSRWLockExclusive(raw(self)),