diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
index 50a29d8..ba67cec 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
@@ -51,12 +51,8 @@
 void qemu_mutex_init(QemuMutex *mutex)
 {
     int err;
-    pthread_mutexattr_t mutexattr;
 
-    pthread_mutexattr_init(&mutexattr);
-    pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mutexattr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK);
-    err = pthread_mutex_init(&mutex->lock, &mutexattr);
-    pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&mutexattr);
+    err = pthread_mutex_init(&mutex->lock, NULL);
     if (err)
         error_exit(err, __func__);
 }