diff --git a/i18n/i18n.go b/i18n/i18n.go
index 6cc3d0b33..73417fb32 100644
--- a/i18n/i18n.go
+++ b/i18n/i18n.go
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ func (t Translator) initFuncs(bndl *bundle.Bundle) {
 		currentLang := lang
 
 		t.translateFuncs[currentLang] = func(translationID string, args ...interface{}) string {
-			tpMu.RLock()
 			tFunc, err := bndl.Tfunc(currentLang)
-			tpMu.RUnlock()
 			if err != nil {
 				jww.WARN.Printf("could not load translations for language %q (%s), will use default content language.\n", lang, err)
 			}
diff --git a/i18n/translationProvider.go b/i18n/translationProvider.go
index 556ee7a92..663a8dd5e 100644
--- a/i18n/translationProvider.go
+++ b/i18n/translationProvider.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // Unfortunately this needs to be global, see
 // https://github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/issues/82
-var tpMu sync.RWMutex
+var tpMu sync.Mutex
 
 // TranslationProvider provides translation handling, i.e. loading
 // of bundles etc.