diff --git a/.wolfssl_known_macro_extras b/.wolfssl_known_macro_extras
index 2c273d4dd..477c265b3 100644
--- a/.wolfssl_known_macro_extras
+++ b/.wolfssl_known_macro_extras
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ WC_RSA_DIRECT
 WC_RSA_NONBLOCK
 WC_RSA_NONBLOCK_TIME
 WC_RSA_NO_FERMAT_CHECK
+WC_RWLOCK_OPS_INLINE
 WC_SHA384
 WC_SHA384_DIGEST_SIZE
 WC_SHA512
diff --git a/linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h b/linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h
index 67aa4ecc5..97aad4fdd 100644
--- a/linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h
+++ b/linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h
@@ -1368,6 +1368,8 @@
     #endif /* HAVE_FIPS */
 
     #ifdef WOLFSSL_LINUXKM_USE_MUTEXES
+        #define WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE
+
         #ifdef LINUXKM_LKCAPI_REGISTER
             /* must use spin locks when registering implementations with the
              * kernel, because mutexes are forbidden when calling with nonzero
@@ -1412,6 +1414,8 @@
             return 0;
         }
     #else
+        #define WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE
+
         /* if BUILDING_WOLFSSL, spinlock.h will have already been included
          * recursively above, with the bevy of warnings suppressed, and the
          * below include will be a redundant no-op.
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_port.c b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_port.c
index abf01a4c0..df888c0d7 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/wc_port.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/wc_port.c
@@ -1880,7 +1880,12 @@ int wolfSSL_HwPkMutexUnLock(void)
         return compat_mutex_cb;
     }
 #endif /* defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(HAVE_WEBSERVER) */
-#ifdef SINGLE_THREADED
+
+#if defined(WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE)
+
+    /* defined in headers */
+
+#elif defined(SINGLE_THREADED)
 
     int wc_InitMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m)
     {
@@ -2423,10 +2428,6 @@ int wolfSSL_HwPkMutexUnLock(void)
         else
             return BAD_MUTEX_E;
     }
-#elif defined(WOLFSSL_LINUXKM)
-
-    /* defined as inlines in linuxkm/linuxkm_wc_port.h */
-
 #elif defined(WOLFSSL_VXWORKS)
 
     int wc_InitMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m)
@@ -3472,7 +3473,8 @@ int wolfSSL_HwPkMutexUnLock(void)
     #warning No mutex handling defined
 
 #endif
-#if !defined(WOLFSSL_USE_RWLOCK) || defined(SINGLE_THREADED)
+#if !defined(WOLFSSL_USE_RWLOCK) || defined(SINGLE_THREADED) || \
+    (defined(WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE) && !defined(WC_RWLOCK_OPS_INLINE))
     int wc_InitRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m)
     {
         return wc_InitMutex(m);
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
index 024c0fcd0..91b5bc466 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/wc_port.h
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@
     #define WOLFSSL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_CLAUSE(lockname) /* null expansion */
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(WOLFSSL_USE_RWLOCK) || defined(SINGLE_THREADED)
+#if !defined(WOLFSSL_USE_RWLOCK) || defined(SINGLE_THREADED) || \
+    (defined(WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE) && !defined(WC_RWLOCK_OPS_INLINE))
     typedef wolfSSL_Mutex wolfSSL_RwLock;
 #endif
 
@@ -829,17 +830,21 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL void wolfSSL_RefWithMutexDec(wolfSSL_RefWithMutex* ref,
 #endif /* !defined(NO_PK_MUTEX) && defined(WOLFSSL_ALGO_HW_MUTEX) */
 
 /* Mutex functions */
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_InitMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
+#ifndef WC_MUTEX_OPS_INLINE
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_InitMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_FreeMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_UnLockMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
+#endif
 WOLFSSL_API wolfSSL_Mutex* wc_InitAndAllocMutex(void);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_FreeMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_UnLockMutex(wolfSSL_Mutex* m);
-/* RwLock functions. Fallback to Mutex when not implemented explicitly. */
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_InitRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_FreeRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockRwLock_Wr(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockRwLock_Rd(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
-WOLFSSL_API int wc_UnLockRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+#ifndef WC_RWLOCK_OPS_INLINE
+    /* RwLock functions. Fallback to Mutex when not implemented explicitly. */
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_InitRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_FreeRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockRwLock_Wr(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_LockRwLock_Rd(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+    WOLFSSL_API int wc_UnLockRwLock(wolfSSL_RwLock* m);
+#endif
 #if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) || defined(HAVE_WEBSERVER)
 /* dynamically set which mutex to use. unlock / lock is controlled by flag */
 typedef void (mutex_cb)(int flag, int type, const char* file, int line);