#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
PERLVAR(G, hints_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for refcounted he refcounting */
-#ifndef USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE
+# if ! defined(USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE) || defined(TS_W32_BROKEN_LOCALECONV)
PERLVAR(G, locale_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for setlocale() changing */
+# endif
+# ifndef USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE
PERLVAR(G, lc_numeric_mutex, perl_mutex) /* Mutex for switching LC_NUMERIC */
# endif
#endif