diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 14c94c0319..c79abb91c3 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public:
     //! Whether this peer is an inbound onion, i.e. connected via our Tor onion service.
     const bool m_inbound_onion;
     std::atomic<int> nVersion{0};
-    RecursiveMutex m_subver_mutex;
+    Mutex m_subver_mutex;
     /**
      * cleanSubVer is a sanitized string of the user agent byte array we read
      * from the wire. This cleaned string can safely be logged or displayed.