diff --git a/apache2/modsecurity.c b/apache2/modsecurity.c
index e31c3407..89cab90a 100644
--- a/apache2/modsecurity.c
+++ b/apache2/modsecurity.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int msr_global_mutex_lock(modsec_rec* msr, apr_global_mutex_t* lock, const char*
         return -1;
     }
 
-    int rc = apr_global_mutex_lock(msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock);
+    int rc = apr_global_mutex_lock(lock);
     if (rc != APR_SUCCESS) msr_log(msr, 1, "Audit log: Failed to lock global mutex: %s", get_apr_error(msr->mp, rc));
     return rc;
 }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int msr_global_mutex_unlock(modsec_rec* msr, apr_global_mutex_t* lock, const cha
         return -1;
     }
 
-    int rc = apr_global_mutex_unlock(msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock);
+    int rc = apr_global_mutex_unlock(lock);
     // We should have get the warning at lock time, so ignore it here
     // if (rc != APR_SUCCESS) msr_log(msr, 1, "Audit log: Failed to unlock global mutex: %s", get_apr_error(msr->mp, rc));
     return rc;
diff --git a/apache2/msc_logging.c b/apache2/msc_logging.c
index 8fd7e8ee..39588b10 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_logging.c
+++ b/apache2/msc_logging.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ void sec_audit_logger_json(modsec_rec *msr) {
      */
     if (msr->txcfg->auditlog_type != AUDITLOG_CONCURRENT) {
         /* Unlock the mutex we used to serialise access to the audit log file. */
-        msr_global_mutex_lock(msr, msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock, "Audit log");
+        msr_global_mutex_unlock(msr, msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock, "Audit log");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ void sec_audit_logger_native(modsec_rec *msr) {
     if (msr->txcfg->auditlog_type != AUDITLOG_CONCURRENT) {
         sec_auditlog_write(msr, "\n", 1);
         /* Unlock the mutex we used to serialise access to the audit log file. */
-        msr_global_mutex_lock(msr, msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock, "Audit log");
+        msr_global_mutex_unlock(msr, msr->modsecurity->auditlog_lock, "Audit log");
         return;
     }