diff --git a/src/xcb_io.c b/src/xcb_io.c
index 300ef57..4092908 100644
--- a/src/xcb_io.c
+++ b/src/xcb_io.c
@@ -597,12 +597,10 @@ Status _XReply(Display *dpy, xReply *rep, int extra, Bool discard)
 			continue;
 		}
 		req->reply_waiter = 1;
-		UnlockDisplay(dpy);
 		response = xcb_wait_for_reply(c, req->sequence, &error);
 		/* Any user locks on another thread must have been taken
 		 * while we slept in xcb_wait_for_reply. Classic Xlib
 		 * ignored those user locks in this case, so we do too. */
-		InternalLockDisplay(dpy, /* ignore user locks */ 1);
 
 		/* We have the response we're looking for. Now, before
 		 * letting anyone else process this sequence number, we