diff --git a/src/coap_net.c b/src/coap_net.c
index ceca0b575f..ba65f3bf4f 100644
--- a/src/coap_net.c
+++ b/src/coap_net.c
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ coap_new_context(const coap_address_t *listen_addr) {
   }
   memset(c, 0, sizeof(coap_context_t));
 
-  coap_lock_init();
   coap_lock_lock(c, coap_free_type(COAP_CONTEXT, c); return NULL);
 #ifdef COAP_EPOLL_SUPPORT
   c->epfd = epoll_create1(0);