diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache.h
index 1a70972c..1b1d8d98 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/tcache.h
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ tcache_get(tsd_t *tsd, bool create)
 
 	if (!config_tcache)
 		return (NULL);
-	if (config_lazy_lock && !isthreaded)
-		return (NULL);
 
 	tcache = tsd_tcache_get(tsd);
 	if (!create)