diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 0565f3755da..f80ab5bc425 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-13  Loren J. Rittle  <ljrittle@acm.org>
+
+	libstdc++/7445
+	* src/locale.cc (std::locale::classic()): Weaken locking protocol.
+
 2002-11-13  Jonathan Wakely  <redi@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* docs/html/install.html, docs/html/22_locale/locale.html: HTML fix.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/locale.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/locale.cc
index 127197d0138..46fab283241 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/locale.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/locale.cc
@@ -367,9 +367,7 @@ namespace std
   const locale&
   locale::classic()
   {
-    static _STL_mutex_lock __lock __STL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-    _STL_auto_lock __auto(__lock);
-
+    // Locking protocol: singleton-called-before-threading-starts
     if (!_S_classic)
       {
 	try