diff --git a/src/libcore/mem.rs b/src/libcore/mem.rs
index 626db7806df..b61a5c973a7 100644
--- a/src/libcore/mem.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/mem.rs
@@ -1106,9 +1106,6 @@ impl<T> MaybeUninit<T> {
     ///
     /// It is up to the caller to guarantee that the `MaybeUninit` really is in an initialized
     /// state, otherwise this will immediately cause undefined behavior.
-    // FIXME: We currently rely on the above being incorrect, i.e., we have references
-    // to uninitialized data (e.g. in `libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs`).  We should make
-    // a final decision about the rules before stabilization.
     #[unstable(feature = "maybe_uninit", issue = "53491")]
     #[inline(always)]
     pub unsafe fn get_ref(&self) -> &T {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
index 0c228f5097e..38ba0c7e035 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
@@ -157,37 +157,34 @@ fn kind() -> Kind {
     return ret;
 }
 
-pub struct ReentrantMutex { inner: MaybeUninit<UnsafeCell<c::CRITICAL_SECTION>> }
+pub struct ReentrantMutex { inner: UnsafeCell<MaybeUninit<c::CRITICAL_SECTION>> }
 
 unsafe impl Send for ReentrantMutex {}
 unsafe impl Sync for ReentrantMutex {}
 
 impl ReentrantMutex {
     pub fn uninitialized() -> ReentrantMutex {
-        ReentrantMutex { inner: MaybeUninit::uninitialized() }
+        ReentrantMutex { inner: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninitialized()) }
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn init(&mut self) {
-        // FIXME: Technically, this is calling `get_ref` on an uninitialized
-        // `MaybeUninit`.  Revisit this once we decided whether that is valid
-        // or not.
-        c::InitializeCriticalSection(self.inner.get_ref().get());
+        c::InitializeCriticalSection(self.inner.get().as_mut_ptr());
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn lock(&self) {
-        c::EnterCriticalSection(self.inner.get_ref().get());
+        c::EnterCriticalSection(self.inner.get().get_ref());
     }
 
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn try_lock(&self) -> bool {
-        c::TryEnterCriticalSection(self.inner.get_ref().get()) != 0
+        c::TryEnterCriticalSection(self.inner.get().get_ref()) != 0
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn unlock(&self) {
-        c::LeaveCriticalSection(self.inner.get_ref().get());
+        c::LeaveCriticalSection(self.inner.get().get_ref());
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn destroy(&self) {
-        c::DeleteCriticalSection(self.inner.get_ref().get());
+        c::DeleteCriticalSection(self.inner.get().get_ref());
     }
 }