diff --git a/src/app-layer-ftp.c b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
index 69ec7fb76ecf..9f7c396fe5ea 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ftp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int FTPParseResponse(Flow *f, void *ftp_state, AppLayerParserState *pstat
 }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-static SCMutex ftp_state_mem_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex ftp_state_mem_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static uint64_t ftp_state_memuse = 0;
 static uint64_t ftp_state_memcnt = 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index 4d8462b6db3b..fac1ffae3a96 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static SCRadixTree *cfgtree;
 static HTPCfgRec cfglist;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-static SCMutex htp_state_mem_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex htp_state_mem_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static uint64_t htp_state_memuse = 0;
 static uint64_t htp_state_memcnt = 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 0f1135d6943e..ea5ab61b2291 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static AppLayerParserTableElement al_parser_table[MAX_PARSERS];
 static uint16_t al_max_parsers = 0; /* incremented for every registered parser */
 
 static Pool *al_result_pool = NULL;
-static SCMutex al_result_pool_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex al_result_pool_mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #ifdef DEBUG
 static uint32_t al_result_pool_elmts = 0;
 #endif /* DEBUG */
diff --git a/src/detect-luajit.c b/src/detect-luajit.c
index 7d7b92bb2d6a..61faf377e30e 100644
--- a/src/detect-luajit.c
+++ b/src/detect-luajit.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void DetectLuajitRegister(void) {
  *  Alternatively, the "detect-engine.luajit-states" var can be set.
  */
 static Pool *luajit_states = NULL;
-static pthread_mutex_t luajit_states_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static pthread_mutex_t luajit_states_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 #define DATATYPE_PACKET                     (1<<0)
 #define DATATYPE_PAYLOAD                    (1<<1)
diff --git a/src/source-af-packet.c b/src/source-af-packet.c
index 23a8adc91e26..2aefcf6cda98 100644
--- a/src/source-af-packet.c
+++ b/src/source-af-packet.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ TmEcode NoAFPSupportExit(ThreadVars *tv, void *initdata, void **data)
 #endif
 
 /** protect pfring_set_bpf_filter, as it is not thread safe */
-static SCMutex afpacket_bpf_set_filter_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex afpacket_bpf_set_filter_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 enum {
     AFP_READ_OK,
diff --git a/src/source-pcap.c b/src/source-pcap.c
index 041370921681..d3aa1acdad42 100644
--- a/src/source-pcap.c
+++ b/src/source-pcap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ TmEcode DecodePcap(ThreadVars *, Packet *, void *, PacketQueue *, PacketQueue *)
 
 /** protect pcap_compile and pcap_setfilter, as they are not thread safe:
  *  http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2009/q1/62 */
-static SCMutex pcap_bpf_compile_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex pcap_bpf_compile_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /**
  * \brief Registration Function for RecievePcap.
diff --git a/src/source-pfring.c b/src/source-pfring.c
index d26b0a4714aa..5c7c663b376b 100644
--- a/src/source-pfring.c
+++ b/src/source-pfring.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ TmEcode NoPfringSupportExit(ThreadVars *tv, void *initdata, void **data)
 #else /* implied we do have PF_RING support */
 
 /** protect pfring_set_bpf_filter, as it is not thread safe */
-static SCMutex pfring_bpf_set_filter_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex pfring_bpf_set_filter_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /* XXX replace with user configurable options */
 #define LIBPFRING_PROMISC     1
diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index a30fc1c6d4ab..3c4aeedb56cd 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int StreamTcpValidateRst(TcpSession * , Packet *);
 static inline int StreamTcpValidateAck(TcpSession *ssn, TcpStream *, Packet *);
 
 static PoolThread *ssn_pool = NULL;
-static SCMutex ssn_pool_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; /**< init only, protect initializing and growing pool */
+static SCMutex ssn_pool_mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER; /**< init only, protect initializing and growing pool */
 #ifdef DEBUG
 static uint64_t ssn_pool_cnt = 0; /** counts ssns, protected by ssn_pool_mutex */
 #endif
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index aec247e76056..4c9354ae1ce8 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static uint16_t toserver_min_chunk_len = 2560;
 static uint16_t toclient_min_chunk_len = 2560;
 
 static Pool *stream_msg_pool = NULL;
-static SCMutex stream_msg_pool_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex stream_msg_pool_mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 int StreamMsgInit(void *data, void *initdata)
 {
diff --git a/src/threads.h b/src/threads.h
index ad48687c40f3..b07457dd8715 100644
--- a/src/threads.h
+++ b/src/threads.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
 #define SCMutex pthread_mutex_t
 #define SCMutexAttr pthread_mutexattr_t
 #define SCMutexDestroy pthread_mutex_destroy
+#define SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
 
 /** Suricata RWLocks */
 #define SCRWLock pthread_rwlock_t
diff --git a/src/tm-threads.c b/src/tm-threads.c
index 254d4f9eaad2..79efa6d39838 100644
--- a/src/tm-threads.c
+++ b/src/tm-threads.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int SetCPUAffinity(uint16_t cpu);
 ThreadVars *tv_root[TVT_MAX] = { NULL };
 
 /* lock to protect tv_root */
-SCMutex tv_root_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+SCMutex tv_root_lock = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /* Action On Failure(AOF).  Determines how the engine should behave when a
  * thread encounters a failure.  Defaults to restart the failed thread */
diff --git a/src/util-cuda-handlers.c b/src/util-cuda-handlers.c
index 2206e1be0411..79532e5f1e2c 100644
--- a/src/util-cuda-handlers.c
+++ b/src/util-cuda-handlers.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef struct CudaHandlerConfProfile_ {
 
 static CudaHandlerConfProfile *conf_profiles = NULL;
 /* protects above var */
-static SCMutex mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 void CudaHandlerAddCudaProfileFromConf(const char *name,
                                        void *(*Callback)(ConfNode *node),
diff --git a/src/util-debug-filters.c b/src/util-debug-filters.c
index 6a8b9233dedb..6c06b0af2de3 100644
--- a/src/util-debug-filters.c
+++ b/src/util-debug-filters.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ SCLogFGFilterFile *sc_log_fg_filters[SC_LOG_FILTER_MAX] = { NULL, NULL };
 /**
  * \brief Mutex for accessing the fine-grained fiters sc_log_fg_filters
  */
-static SCMutex sc_log_fg_filters_m[SC_LOG_FILTER_MAX] = { PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
-                                                                  PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER };
+static SCMutex sc_log_fg_filters_m[SC_LOG_FILTER_MAX] = { SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+                                                          SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER };
 
 /**
  * \brief Holds the function-dependent filters
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static SCLogFDFilter *sc_log_fd_filters = NULL;
 /**
  * \brief Mutex for accessing the function-dependent filters sc_log_fd_filters
  */
-static SCMutex sc_log_fd_filters_m = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex sc_log_fd_filters_m = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /**
  * \brief Holds the thread_list required by function-dependent filters
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static SCLogFDFilterThreadList *sc_log_fd_filters_tl = NULL;
 /**
  * \brief Mutex for accessing the FD thread_list sc_log_fd_filters_tl
  */
-static SCMutex sc_log_fd_filters_tl_m = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCMutex sc_log_fd_filters_tl_m = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /**
  * \brief Helper function used internally to add a FG filter
diff --git a/src/util-time.c b/src/util-time.c
index a7a3b4c178a3..a744607d78cf 100644
--- a/src/util-time.c
+++ b/src/util-time.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "util-debug.h"
 
 static struct timeval current_time = { 0, 0 };
-//static SCMutex current_time_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+//static SCMutex current_time_mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static SCSpinlock current_time_spinlock;
 static char live = TRUE;