diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
index 0a06378fc..5240effad 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
             typedef pthread_rwlock_t wolfSSL_RwLock;
         #endif
         typedef pthread_mutex_t wolfSSL_Mutex;
+        #define WOLFSSL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
     #elif defined(THREADX)
         typedef TX_MUTEX wolfSSL_Mutex;
     #elif defined(WOLFSSL_DEOS)
@@ -307,9 +308,6 @@
 #if !defined(WOLFSSL_USE_RWLOCK) || defined(SINGLE_THREADED)
     typedef wolfSSL_Mutex wolfSSL_RwLock;
 #endif
-#ifdef WOLFSSL_PTHREADS
-    #define WOLFSSL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
-#endif
 
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_ATOMICS
 #ifdef HAVE_C___ATOMIC