diff --git a/Source/Threading/Primitives/AuRWLock.cpp b/Source/Threading/Primitives/AuRWLock.cpp
index c9893744..6bdfb01f 100644
--- a/Source/Threading/Primitives/AuRWLock.cpp
+++ b/Source/Threading/Primitives/AuRWLock.cpp
@@ -690,9 +690,14 @@ namespace Aurora::Threading::Primitives
 
             if (!gUseFutexRWLock)
             {
-                AU_LOCK_GUARD(this->mutex_);
                 AuAtomicStore(&this->state_, 0);
+
                 bElevationPending = AuAtomicLoad(&this->writersPending_) > 0;
+                if (bElevationPending)
+                {
+                    this->mutex_.Lock();
+                    this->mutex_.Unlock();
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -733,8 +738,13 @@ namespace Aurora::Threading::Primitives
             {
                 if (!gUseFutexRWLock)
                 {
-                    AU_LOCK_GUARD(this->mutex_);
                     bElevationPending = AuAtomicLoad(&this->writersPending_) > 0;
+
+                    if (bElevationPending)
+                    {
+                        this->mutex_.Lock();
+                        this->mutex_.Unlock();
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {