diff --git a/libc/private/bionic_lock.h b/libc/private/bionic_lock.h
index ec179d1..d70ba6c 100644
--- a/libc/private/bionic_lock.h
+++ b/libc/private/bionic_lock.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
   void unlock() {
     bool shared = process_shared; /* cache to local variable */
     if (atomic_exchange_explicit(&state, Unlocked, memory_order_release) == LockedWithWaiter) {
+      // The Lock object may have been deallocated between the atomic exchange and the futex wake
+      // call, so avoid accessing any fields of Lock here. In that case, the wake call may target
+      // unmapped memory or trigger a spurious futex wakeup. The same situation happens with
+      // pthread mutexes. References:
+      //  - https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/27/472
+      //  - http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=811#c2267
       __futex_wake_ex(&state, shared, 1);
     }
   }