diff --git a/lib/std/Thread/Mutex/Recursive.zig b/lib/std/Thread/Mutex/Recursive.zig
index 707b67f105..d6d90ed648 100644
--- a/lib/std/Thread/Mutex/Recursive.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Thread/Mutex/Recursive.zig
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ pub const init: Recursive = .{
 /// Otherwise, returns `true` and the caller should `unlock()` the Mutex to release it.
 pub fn tryLock(r: *Recursive) bool {
     const current_thread_id = std.Thread.getCurrentId();
-    return tryLockInner(r, current_thread_id);
+    if (@atomicLoad(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, .unordered) != current_thread_id) {
+        if (!r.mutex.tryLock()) return false;
+        assert(r.lock_count == 0);
+        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, current_thread_id, .unordered);
+    }
+    r.lock_count += 1;
+    return true;
 }
 
 /// Acquires the `Mutex`, blocking the current thread while the mutex is
@@ -42,12 +48,12 @@ pub fn tryLock(r: *Recursive) bool {
 /// of whether the lock was already held by the same thread.
 pub fn lock(r: *Recursive) void {
     const current_thread_id = std.Thread.getCurrentId();
-    if (!tryLockInner(r, current_thread_id)) {
+    if (@atomicLoad(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, .unordered) != current_thread_id) {
         r.mutex.lock();
         assert(r.lock_count == 0);
-        r.lock_count = 1;
-        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, current_thread_id, .monotonic);
+        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, current_thread_id, .unordered);
     }
+    r.lock_count += 1;
 }
 
 /// Releases the `Mutex` which was previously acquired with `lock` or `tryLock`.
@@ -57,30 +63,10 @@ pub fn lock(r: *Recursive) void {
 pub fn unlock(r: *Recursive) void {
     r.lock_count -= 1;
     if (r.lock_count == 0) {
-        // Prevent race where:
-        // * Thread A obtains lock and has not yet stored the new thread id.
-        // * Thread B loads the thread id after tryLock() false and observes stale thread id.
-        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, invalid_thread_id, .seq_cst);
+        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, invalid_thread_id, .unordered);
         r.mutex.unlock();
     }
 }
 
-fn tryLockInner(r: *Recursive, current_thread_id: std.Thread.Id) bool {
-    if (r.mutex.tryLock()) {
-        assert(r.lock_count == 0);
-        r.lock_count = 1;
-        @atomicStore(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, current_thread_id, .monotonic);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    const locked_thread_id = @atomicLoad(std.Thread.Id, &r.thread_id, .monotonic);
-    if (locked_thread_id == current_thread_id) {
-        r.lock_count += 1;
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
-}
-
 /// A value that does not alias any other thread id.
-const invalid_thread_id: std.Thread.Id = 0;
+const invalid_thread_id: std.Thread.Id = std.math.maxInt(std.Thread.Id);