diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
index 7bef6958c..7e065c46a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
@@ -496,11 +496,9 @@ void
 fhandler_pty_master::doecho (const void *str, DWORD len)
 {
   ssize_t towrite = len;
-  acquire_output_mutex (mutex_timeout);
   if (!process_opost_output (echo_w, str, towrite, true,
 			     get_ttyp (), is_nonblocking ()))
     termios_printf ("Write to echo pipe failed, %E");
-  release_output_mutex ();
 }
 
 int