diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 647eab5c..95e6426f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -284,10 +284,10 @@ static bool pool_tset(struct pool *pool, bool *var)
 {
 	bool ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&pool->pool_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pool->pool_lock);
 	ret = *var;
 	*var = true;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->pool_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&pool->pool_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ static bool pool_tclear(struct pool *pool, bool *var)
 {
 	bool ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&pool->pool_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&pool->pool_lock);
 	ret = *var;
 	*var = false;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->pool_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&pool->pool_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ static struct pool *current_pool(void)
 {
 	struct pool *pool;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&control_lock);
 	pool = currentpool;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
 	return pool;
 }
 
@@ -831,9 +831,9 @@ static void print_status(int thr_id)
 	if (!curses_active)
 		text_print_status(thr_id);
 	else {
-		pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+		mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 		curses_print_status(thr_id);
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -865,24 +865,24 @@ static void wlogprint(const char *f, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 
 	va_start(ap, f);
 	vw_printw(logwin, f, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 	wrefresh(logwin);
 
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 }
 
 void log_curses(const char *f, va_list ap)
 {
 	if (curses_active) {
 		if (!opt_loginput) {
-			pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+			mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 			vw_printw(logwin, f, ap);
 			wrefresh(logwin);
-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 		}
 	} else
 		vprintf(f, ap);
@@ -890,10 +890,10 @@ void log_curses(const char *f, va_list ap)
 
 static void clear_logwin(void)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 	wclear(logwin);
 	wrefresh(logwin);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 }
 
 static bool submit_upstream_work(const struct work *work)
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static bool workio_submit_work(struct workio_cmd *wc)
 
 static void inc_staged(struct pool *pool, int inc, bool lp)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
 	if (lp) {
 		lp_staged += inc;
 		total_staged += inc;
@@ -1295,23 +1295,23 @@ static void inc_staged(struct pool *pool, int inc, bool lp)
 		--lp_staged;
 	else
 		total_staged += inc;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
 }
 
 static void dec_staged(int inc)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
 	total_staged -= inc;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
 }
 
 static int requests_staged(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
 	ret = total_staged;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1319,9 +1319,9 @@ static int real_staged(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&stgd_lock);
 	ret = total_staged - lp_staged;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&stgd_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static void switch_pools(struct pool *selected)
 	struct pool *pool, *last_pool;
 	int i, pool_no;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&control_lock);
 	last_pool = currentpool;
 	pool_no = currentpool->pool_no;
 
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static void switch_pools(struct pool *selected)
 
 	currentpool = pools[pool_no];
 	pool = currentpool;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
 
 	if (pool != last_pool) {
 		applog(LOG_WARNING, "Switching to %s", pool->rpc_url);
@@ -1407,9 +1407,9 @@ static void switch_pools(struct pool *selected)
 	}
 
 	/* Reset the queued amount to allow more to be queued for the new pool */
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
 	total_queued = 0;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
 
 	inc_staged(pool, 1, true);
 }
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ static void display_pool_summary(struct pool *pool)
 {
 	double efficiency = 0.0;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 	wlog("Pool: %s\n", pool->rpc_url);
 	wlog(" Queued work requests: %d\n", pool->getwork_requested);
 	wlog(" Share submissions: %d\n", pool->accepted + pool->rejected);
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ static void display_pool_summary(struct pool *pool)
 	wlog(" Unable to get work from server occasions: %d\n", pool->localgen_occasions);
 	wlog(" Submitting work remotely delay occasions: %d\n\n", pool->remotefail_occasions);
 	wrefresh(logwin);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 }
 
 /* We can't remove the memory used for this struct pool because there may
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static void hashmeter(int thr_id, struct timeval *diff,
 	}
 
 	/* Totals are updated by all threads so can race without locking */
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&hash_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&hash_lock);
 	gettimeofday(&temp_tv_end, NULL);
 	timeval_subtract(&total_diff, &temp_tv_end, &total_tv_end);
 
@@ -2063,24 +2063,24 @@ static void hashmeter(int thr_id, struct timeval *diff,
 
 	local_mhashes_done = 0;
 out_unlock:
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&hash_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&hash_lock);
 }
 
 /* This is overkill, but at least we'll know accurately how much work is
  * queued to prevent ever being left without work */
 static void inc_queued(void)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
 	total_queued++;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
 }
 
 static void dec_queued(void)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
 	if (total_queued > 0)
 		total_queued--;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
 	dec_staged(1);
 }
 
@@ -2088,9 +2088,9 @@ static int requests_queued(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&qd_lock);
 	ret = total_queued;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&qd_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3083,8 +3083,6 @@ static void stop_longpoll(void)
 	have_longpoll = false;
 }
 
-static void quit(int status, const char *format, ...);
-
 static void start_longpoll(void)
 {
 	struct thr_info *thr = &thr_info[longpoll_thr_id];
@@ -3244,7 +3242,7 @@ static void *watchdog_thread(void *userdata)
 
 		if (curses_active) {
 			statwin ^= true;
-			pthread_mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
+			mutex_lock(&curses_lock);
 			for (i = 0; i < mining_threads; i++)
 				curses_print_status(i);
 			if (statwin)
@@ -3253,7 +3251,7 @@ static void *watchdog_thread(void *userdata)
 				check_logwinsize();
 				redrawwin(logwin);
 			}
-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&curses_lock);
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(work_restart[watchdog_thr_id].restart)) {
@@ -3378,7 +3376,7 @@ static void print_summary(void)
 	printf("\n");
 }
 
-static void quit(int status, const char *format, ...)
+void quit(int status, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
diff --git a/miner.h b/miner.h
index 21beab82..0b6eacb3 100644
--- a/miner.h
+++ b/miner.h
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@ static inline void swap256(void *dest_p, const void *src_p)
 	dest[7] = src[0];
 }
 
+extern void quit(int status, const char *format, ...);
+
+static inline void mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *lock)
+{
+	if (unlikely(pthread_mutex_lock(lock)))
+		quit(1, "WTF MUTEX ERROR ON LOCK!");
+}
+
+static inline void mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *lock)
+{
+	if (unlikely(pthread_mutex_unlock(lock)))
+		quit(1, "WTF MUTEX ERROR ON UNLOCK!");
+}
+
 struct pool;
 
 extern bool opt_debug;
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 61cb1acc..f726b4a4 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ bool test_and_set(bool *var)
 {
 	bool ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&control_lock);
 	ret = *var;
 	*var = true;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ bool test_and_clear(bool *var)
 {
 	bool ret;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&control_lock);
 	ret = *var;
 	*var = false;
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&control_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -600,12 +600,12 @@ void tq_free(struct thread_q *tq)
 
 static void tq_freezethaw(struct thread_q *tq, bool frozen)
 {
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
 
 	tq->frozen = frozen;
 
 	pthread_cond_signal(&tq->cond);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
 }
 
 void tq_freeze(struct thread_q *tq)
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ bool tq_push(struct thread_q *tq, void *data)
 	ent->data = data;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ent->q_node);
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
 
 	if (!tq->frozen) {
 		list_add_tail(&ent->q_node, &tq->q);
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ bool tq_push(struct thread_q *tq, void *data)
 	}
 
 	pthread_cond_signal(&tq->cond);
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void *tq_pop(struct thread_q *tq, const struct timespec *abstime)
 	void *rval = NULL;
 	int rc;
 
-	pthread_mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&tq->mutex);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&tq->q))
 		goto pop;
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ pop:
 	free(ent);
 
 out:
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&tq->mutex);
 	return rval;
 }