diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
index d55145fba3880..fa47315f41dfb 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ pub struct GlobalCtxt<'tcx> {
     /// This is intended to only get used during the trans phase of the compiler
     /// when satisfying the query for a particular codegen unit. Internally in
     /// the query it'll send data along this channel to get processed later.
-    pub tx_to_llvm_workers: mpsc::Sender<Box<dyn Any + Send>>,
+    pub tx_to_llvm_workers: Lock<mpsc::Sender<Box<dyn Any + Send>>>,
 
     output_filenames: Arc<OutputFilenames>,
 }
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> TyCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
             stability_interner: Lock::new(FxHashSet()),
             interpret_interner: Default::default(),
             all_traits: RefCell::new(None),
-            tx_to_llvm_workers: tx,
+            tx_to_llvm_workers: Lock::new(tx),
             output_filenames: Arc::new(output_filenames.clone()),
        }, f)
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
index 2cbb88fed05c2..6e7ebd4846e39 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ pub fn start_async_translation(tcx: TyCtxt,
         crate_info,
 
         time_graph,
-        coordinator_send: tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.clone(),
+        coordinator_send: tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.lock().clone(),
         trans_worker_receive,
         shared_emitter_main,
         future: coordinator_thread,
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ fn start_executing_work(tcx: TyCtxt,
                         metadata_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>,
                         allocator_config: Arc<ModuleConfig>)
                         -> thread::JoinHandle<Result<CompiledModules, ()>> {
-    let coordinator_send = tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.clone();
+    let coordinator_send = tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.lock().clone();
     let sess = tcx.sess;
 
     // Compute the set of symbols we need to retain when doing LTO (if we need to)
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ pub(crate) fn submit_translated_module_to_llvm(tcx: TyCtxt,
                                                mtrans: ModuleTranslation,
                                                cost: u64) {
     let llvm_work_item = WorkItem::Optimize(mtrans);
-    drop(tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.send(Box::new(Message::TranslationDone {
+    drop(tcx.tx_to_llvm_workers.lock().send(Box::new(Message::TranslationDone {
         llvm_work_item,
         cost,
     })));