diff --git a/src/banman.h b/src/banman.h
index e0377227444..c0e07b866dc 100644
--- a/src/banman.h
+++ b/src/banman.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ private:
     //!clean unused entries (if bantime has expired)
     void SweepBanned() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(m_banned_mutex);
 
-    RecursiveMutex m_banned_mutex;
+    Mutex m_banned_mutex;
     banmap_t m_banned GUARDED_BY(m_banned_mutex);
     bool m_is_dirty GUARDED_BY(m_banned_mutex){false};
     CClientUIInterface* m_client_interface = nullptr;