diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread.c b/libc/bionic/pthread.c
index 061cce1..e21a1f9 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread.c
@@ -880,8 +880,13 @@
 
 int pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
 {
-    if (__unlikely(mutex == NULL))
-        return EINVAL;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* use trylock to ensure that the mutex value is
+     * valid and is not already locked. */
+    ret = pthread_mutex_trylock(mutex);
+    if (ret != 0)
+        return ret;
 
     mutex->value = 0xdead10cc;
     return 0;
diff --git a/libc/docs/CHANGES.TXT b/libc/docs/CHANGES.TXT
index 83703d8..5a7a1ac 100644
--- a/libc/docs/CHANGES.TXT
+++ b/libc/docs/CHANGES.TXT
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 Differences between current and Android 2.2:
 
-- <pthread.h>: Add reader/writer locks implementation.
+- <pthread.h>: Add reader/writer locks implementation. Add sanity
+  checking to pthread_mutex_destroy() (e.g. a locked mutex will return
+  EBUSY).
 
 - <semaphore.h>: Use private futexes for semaphore implementation,
   unless your set 'pshared' to non-0 when calling sem_init().