1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libio/fputc.c b/libio/fputc.c
index a7cd682fe2..b72305c06f 100644
--- a/libio/fputc.c
+++ b/libio/fputc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ fputc (int c, _IO_FILE *fp)
 {
   int result;
   CHECK_FILE (fp, EOF);
+  if (!_IO_need_lock (fp))
+    return _IO_putc_unlocked (c, fp);
   _IO_acquire_lock (fp);
   result = _IO_putc_unlocked (c, fp);
   _IO_release_lock (fp);