diff --git a/include/common/hathreads.h b/include/common/hathreads.h
index 3524ef189..853c9f167 100644
--- a/include/common/hathreads.h
+++ b/include/common/hathreads.h
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static inline void __spin_unlock(enum lock_label lbl, struct ha_spinlock *l,
 	l->info.last_location.file     = file;
 	l->info.last_location.line     = line;
 
-	__RWLOCK_WRUNLOCK(&l->lock);
+	__SPIN_UNLOCK(&l->lock);
 	HA_ATOMIC_ADD(&lock_stats[lbl].num_write_unlocked, 1);
 }