diff --git a/src/player.cpp b/src/player.cpp
index 88c5634e3..08cb24248 100644
--- a/src/player.cpp
+++ b/src/player.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "player.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
+#include "jthread/jmutexautolock.h"
 #include "util/numeric.h"
 #include "hud.h"
 #include "constants.h"
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ void Player::deSerialize(std::istream &is, std::string playername)
 u32 Player::addHud(HudElement *toadd)
 {
 	JMutexAutoLock lock(m_mutex);
+
 	u32 id = getFreeHudID();
 
 	if (id < hud.size())
diff --git a/src/player.h b/src/player.h
index f38bd5615..d4698ea4a 100644
--- a/src/player.h
+++ b/src/player.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "irrlichttypes_bloated.h"
 #include "inventory.h"
 #include "constants.h" // BS
-#include "jthread/jmutexautolock.h"
+#include "jthread/jmutex.h"
 #include <list>
 
 #define PLAYERNAME_SIZE 20
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	u32 getFreeHudID() {
-		JMutexAutoLock lock(m_mutex);
 		size_t size = hud.size();
 		for (size_t i = 0; i != size; i++) {
 			if (!hud[i])