diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
index b338e516d..cbb6ef7a4 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_mutex.cpp
@@ -448,12 +448,6 @@ static inline __always_inline int _recursive_increment(pthread_mutex_t* mutex, i
 }
 
 int pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex) {
-#if !defined(__LP64__)
-    if (mutex == NULL) {
-        return EINVAL;
-    }
-#endif
-
     int mvalue, mtype, tid, shared;
 
     mvalue = mutex->value;
@@ -532,12 +526,6 @@ int pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex) {
 }
 
 int pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex) {
-#if !defined(__LP64__)
-    if (mutex == NULL) {
-        return EINVAL;
-    }
-#endif
-
     int mvalue, mtype, tid, shared;
 
     mvalue = mutex->value;
diff --git a/libc/include/pthread.h b/libc/include/pthread.h
index c32890b03..86a10051e 100644
--- a/libc/include/pthread.h
+++ b/libc/include/pthread.h
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ int pthread_mutexattr_settype(pthread_mutexattr_t*, int) __nonnull((1));
 
 int pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t*) __nonnull((1));
 int pthread_mutex_init(pthread_mutex_t*, const pthread_mutexattr_t*) __nonnull((1));
-int pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t*) /* __nonnull((1)) */;
+int pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t*) __nonnull((1));
 int pthread_mutex_timedlock(pthread_mutex_t*, const struct timespec*) __nonnull((1, 2));
 int pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t*) __nonnull((1));
-int pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t*) /* __nonnull((1)) */;
+int pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t*) __nonnull((1));
 
 int pthread_once(pthread_once_t*, void (*)(void)) __nonnull((1, 2));