diff --git a/pkg/engine/deployment.go b/pkg/engine/deployment.go
index 7990522fba78..6173e53d063a 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/deployment.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func ProjectInfoContext(projinfo *Projinfo, host plugin.Host,
 	if logFile := os.Getenv("PULUMI_DEBUG_GRPC"); logFile != "" {
 		di, err := interceptors.NewDebugInterceptor(interceptors.DebugInterceptorOptions{
 			LogFile: logFile,
-			Mutex:   &ctx.DebugTraceMutex,
+			Mutex:   ctx.DebugTraceMutex,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", "", nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/resource/deploy/source_eval.go b/pkg/resource/deploy/source_eval.go
index 502b00af614b..3395f5109f78 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/deploy/source_eval.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/deploy/source_eval.go
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ func sourceEvalServeOptions(ctx *plugin.Context, tracingSpan opentracing.Span) [
 	if logFile := os.Getenv("PULUMI_DEBUG_GRPC"); logFile != "" {
 		di, err := interceptors.NewDebugInterceptor(interceptors.DebugInterceptorOptions{
 			LogFile: logFile,
-			Mutex:   &ctx.DebugTraceMutex,
+			Mutex:   ctx.DebugTraceMutex,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			// ignoring