diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index d1144a8f7ef79f7efa5bf64141a9133cfeee66d1..29d48f38671116594494ca8904193936ed7ea77b 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -2299,7 +2299,6 @@ static void init_threaded_search(void)
 	pthread_mutex_init(&cache_mutex, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&progress_mutex, NULL);
 	pthread_cond_init(&progress_cond, NULL);
-	pthread_mutex_init(&to_pack.lock, NULL);
 	old_try_to_free_routine = set_try_to_free_routine(try_to_free_from_threads);
 }
 
diff --git a/pack-objects.c b/pack-objects.c
index 6ef87e5683aacdf738c86679712078988c0899fd..f73f609884ca0d9fdf3d4109b245981c4c073fcb 100644
--- a/pack-objects.c
+++ b/pack-objects.c
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ void prepare_packing_data(struct packing_data *pdata)
 					     1U << OE_SIZE_BITS);
 	pdata->oe_delta_size_limit = git_env_ulong("GIT_TEST_OE_DELTA_SIZE",
 						   1UL << OE_DELTA_SIZE_BITS);
+#ifndef NO_PTHREADS
+	pthread_mutex_init(&pdata->lock, NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 struct object_entry *packlist_alloc(struct packing_data *pdata,
diff --git a/t/t5321-pack-large-objects.sh b/t/t5321-pack-large-objects.sh
index c36c66fbb43a739e045f6b2cd1c1dd0759a0fe01..a75eab87d36136de6484a988b712bfac03dd181d 100755
--- a/t/t5321-pack-large-objects.sh
+++ b/t/t5321-pack-large-objects.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	git index-pack --stdin <ab.pack
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'repack large deltas' '
+test_expect_success 'repack large deltas' '
 	printf "%s\\n" $A $B |
 	GIT_TEST_OE_DELTA_SIZE=2 git pack-objects tmp-pack
 '