diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/mutex_atomic.rs b/clippy_lints/src/mutex_atomic.rs
index a93665ef3e9d..306f9dd1b8a7 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/mutex_atomic.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/mutex_atomic.rs
@@ -93,18 +93,17 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Mutex {
         let ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(expr);
         if let ty::Adt(_, subst) = ty.kind()
             && ty.is_diag_item(cx, sym::Mutex)
+            && let mutex_param = subst.type_at(0)
+            && let Some(atomic_name) = get_atomic_name(mutex_param)
         {
-            let mutex_param = subst.type_at(0);
-            if let Some(atomic_name) = get_atomic_name(mutex_param) {
-                let msg = format!(
-                    "consider using an `{atomic_name}` instead of a `Mutex` here; if you just want the locking \
-                         behavior and not the internal type, consider using `Mutex<()>`"
-                );
-                match *mutex_param.kind() {
-                    ty::Uint(t) if t != UintTy::Usize => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_INTEGER, expr.span, msg),
-                    ty::Int(t) if t != IntTy::Isize => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_INTEGER, expr.span, msg),
-                    _ => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_ATOMIC, expr.span, msg),
-                }
+            let msg = format!(
+                "consider using an `{atomic_name}` instead of a `Mutex` here; if you just want the locking \
+                     behavior and not the internal type, consider using `Mutex<()>`"
+            );
+            match *mutex_param.kind() {
+                ty::Uint(t) if t != UintTy::Usize => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_INTEGER, expr.span, msg),
+                ty::Int(t) if t != IntTy::Isize => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_INTEGER, expr.span, msg),
+                _ => span_lint(cx, MUTEX_ATOMIC, expr.span, msg),
             }
         }
     }