diff --git a/dlls/openal32/openal.c b/dlls/openal32/openal.c
index ec4149ceacb..d3ff07d68aa 100644
--- a/dlls/openal32/openal.c
+++ b/dlls/openal32/openal.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
         LOADFUNC(alcGetThreadContext);
 #undef LOADFUNC
         break;
+    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
+        DeleteCriticalSection(&openal_cs);
     }
 
     return TRUE;