Index: compiler-rt/trunk/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_linux.cc
===================================================================
--- compiler-rt/trunk/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_linux.cc
+++ compiler-rt/trunk/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_linux.cc
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
 
 void BlockingMutex::Unlock() {
   atomic_uint32_t *m = reinterpret_cast<atomic_uint32_t *>(&opaque_storage_);
-  u32 v = atomic_exchange(m, MtxUnlocked, memory_order_relaxed);
+  u32 v = atomic_exchange(m, MtxUnlocked, memory_order_release);
   CHECK_NE(v, MtxUnlocked);
   if (v == MtxSleeping) {
 #if SANITIZER_FREEBSD