diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/common.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/common.rs
index 590f6f09e8b9e..56315340ec98a 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/common.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/common.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ use datafusion_common::{Result, plan_err};
 use datafusion_execution::memory_pool::MemoryReservation;
 
 use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
 /// [`MemoryReservation`] used across query execution streams
-pub(crate) type SharedMemoryReservation = Arc<Mutex<MemoryReservation>>;
+///
+/// `MemoryReservation` is internally thread-safe (uses `AtomicUsize` for size
+/// tracking, and the underlying `MemoryPool` implementations handle their own
+/// locking), so no external `Mutex` is needed.
+pub(crate) type SharedMemoryReservation = Arc<MemoryReservation>;
 
 /// Create a vector of record batches from a stream
 pub async fn collect(stream: SendableRecordBatchStream) -> Result<Vec<RecordBatch>> {
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/joins/symmetric_hash_join.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/joins/symmetric_hash_join.rs
index dbfdf94426782..11e036434ee97 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/joins/symmetric_hash_join.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/joins/symmetric_hash_join.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ use datafusion_physical_expr_common::sort_expr::{LexOrdering, OrderingRequiremen
 use datafusion_common::hash_utils::RandomState;
 use datafusion_physical_expr_common::utils::evaluate_expressions_to_arrays;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt, ready};
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
 const HASHMAP_SHRINK_SCALE_FACTOR: usize = 4;
 
@@ -549,12 +548,12 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for SymmetricHashJoinExec {
         let enforce_batch_size_in_joins =
             context.session_config().enforce_batch_size_in_joins();
 
-        let reservation = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
+        let reservation = Arc::new(
             MemoryConsumer::new(format!("SymmetricHashJoinStream[{partition}]"))
                 .register(context.memory_pool()),
-        ));
+        );
         if let Some(g) = graph.as_ref() {
-            reservation.lock().try_grow(g.size())?;
+            reservation.try_grow(g.size())?;
         }
 
         if enforce_batch_size_in_joins {
@@ -1745,7 +1744,7 @@ impl<T: BatchTransformer> SymmetricHashJoinStream<T> {
         let result = combine_two_batches(&self.schema, equal_result, anti_result)?;
         let capacity = self.size();
         self.metrics.stream_memory_usage.set(capacity);
-        self.reservation.lock().try_resize(capacity)?;
+        self.reservation.try_resize(capacity)?;
         Ok(result)
     }
 }
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/repartition/mod.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/repartition/mod.rs
index d4406360504f9..cb58ec5dd1cd3 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/repartition/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/repartition/mod.rs
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ impl RepartitionExecState {
 
         let mut channels = HashMap::with_capacity(txs.len());
         for (partition, (tx, rx)) in txs.into_iter().zip(rxs).enumerate() {
-            let reservation = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
+            let reservation = Arc::new(
                 MemoryConsumer::new(format!("{name}[{partition}]"))
                     .with_can_spill(true)
                     .register(context.memory_pool()),
-            ));
+            );
 
             // Create spill channels based on mode:
             // - preserve_order: one spill channel per (input, output) pair for proper FIFO ordering
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ impl RepartitionExec {
                 // if there is still a receiver, send to it
                 if let Some(channel) = output_channels.get_mut(&partition) {
                     let (batch_to_send, is_memory_batch) =
-                        match channel.reservation.lock().try_grow(size) {
+                        match channel.reservation.try_grow(size) {
                             Ok(_) => {
                                 // Memory available - send in-memory batch
                                 (RepartitionBatch::Memory(batch), true)
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ impl RepartitionExec {
                         // If the other end has hung up, it was an early shutdown (e.g. LIMIT)
                         // Only shrink memory if it was a memory batch
                         if is_memory_batch {
-                            channel.reservation.lock().shrink(size);
+                            channel.reservation.shrink(size);
                         }
                         output_channels.remove(&partition);
                     }
@@ -1639,7 +1639,6 @@ impl PerPartitionStream {
                             Ok(RepartitionBatch::Memory(batch)) => {
                                 // Release memory and return batch
                                 self.reservation
-                                    .lock()
                                     .shrink(batch.get_array_memory_size());
                                 return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(batch)));
                             }