diff --git a/src/runtime/lock_sema.go b/src/runtime/lock_sema.go
index 32d2235ad3..1c24cf6d30 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lock_sema.go
+++ b/src/runtime/lock_sema.go
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ Loop:
 			osyield()
 		} else {
 			// Someone else has it.
-			// l->waitm points to a linked list of M's waiting
-			// for this lock, chained through m->nextwaitm.
+			// l.key points to a linked list of M's waiting
+			// for this lock, chained through m.mWaitList.next.
 			// Queue this M.
 			for {
-				gp.m.nextwaitm = muintptr(v &^ locked)
+				gp.m.mWaitList.next = muintptr(v &^ locked)
 				if atomic.Casuintptr(&l.key, v, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(gp.m))|locked) {
 					break
 				}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func unlock2(l *mutex) {
 			// Other M's are waiting for the lock.
 			// Dequeue an M.
 			mp = muintptr(v &^ locked).ptr()
-			if atomic.Casuintptr(&l.key, v, uintptr(mp.nextwaitm)) {
+			if atomic.Casuintptr(&l.key, v, uintptr(mp.mWaitList.next)) {
 				// Dequeued an M.  Wake it.
 				semawakeup(mp)
 				break
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func notetsleep_internal(n *note, ns int64, gp *g, deadline int64) bool {
 	// This reduces the nosplit footprint of notetsleep_internal.
 	gp = getg()
 
-	// Register for wakeup on n->waitm.
+	// Register for wakeup on n.key.
 	if !atomic.Casuintptr(&n.key, 0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(gp.m))) {
 		// Must be locked (got wakeup).
 		if n.key != locked {
diff --git a/src/runtime/mprof.go b/src/runtime/mprof.go
index b51a1ad3ce..b97fac787e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mprof.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mprof.go
@@ -667,6 +667,17 @@ func (lt *lockTimer) end() {
 	}
 }
 
+// mWaitList is part of the M struct, and holds the list of Ms that are waiting
+// for a particular runtime.mutex.
+//
+// When an M is unable to immediately obtain a lock, it adds itself to the list
+// of Ms waiting for the lock. It does that via this struct's next field,
+// forming a singly-linked list with the mutex's key field pointing to the head
+// of the list.
+type mWaitList struct {
+	next muintptr // next m waiting for lock (set by us, cleared by another during unlock)
+}
+
 type mLockProfile struct {
 	waitTime   atomic.Int64 // total nanoseconds spent waiting in runtime.lockWithRank
 	stack      []uintptr    // stack that experienced contention in runtime.lockWithRank
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime2.go b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
index ff11414e3e..470b829912 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime2.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime2.go
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ type m struct {
 	createstack   [32]uintptr // stack that created this thread, it's used for StackRecord.Stack0, so it must align with it.
 	lockedExt     uint32      // tracking for external LockOSThread
 	lockedInt     uint32      // tracking for internal lockOSThread
-	nextwaitm     muintptr    // next m waiting for lock
 
+	mWaitList    mWaitList    // list of runtime lock waiters
 	mLockProfile mLockProfile // fields relating to runtime.lock contention
 	profStack    []uintptr    // used for memory/block/mutex stack traces