diff --git a/bitreq/src/client.rs b/bitreq/src/client.rs
index b5de6f2fb..eff0b080f 100644
--- a/bitreq/src/client.rs
+++ b/bitreq/src/client.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl Client {
 
         // Try to get cached connection
         let conn_opt = {
-            let state = self.r#async.lock().unwrap();
+            let state = lock!(self.r#async);
 
             if let Some(conn) = state.connections.get(&owned_key) {
                 Some(Arc::clone(conn))
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Client {
             let connection = AsyncConnection::new(key, parsed_request.timeout_at).await?;
             let connection = Arc::new(connection);
 
-            let mut state = self.r#async.lock().unwrap();
+            let mut state = lock!(self.r#async);
             if let hash_map::Entry::Vacant(entry) = state.connections.entry(owned_key) {
                 entry.insert(Arc::clone(&connection));
                 state.lru_order.push_back(key.into());
diff --git a/bitreq/src/connection.rs b/bitreq/src/connection.rs
index 44ffe03ac..4fd847429 100644
--- a/bitreq/src/connection.rs
+++ b/bitreq/src/connection.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ impl AsyncConnection {
         request: ParsedRequest,
     ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Response, Error>> + Send + 'a>> {
         Box::pin(async move {
-            let conn = Arc::clone(&*self.0.lock().unwrap());
+            let conn = Arc::clone(&*lock!(self.0));
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
             {
                 let next_read = conn.readable_request_id.load(Ordering::Acquire);
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ impl AsyncConnection {
                     let new_connection =
                         AsyncConnection::new(request.connection_params(), request.timeout_at)
                             .await?;
-                    *self.0.lock().unwrap() = Arc::clone(&*new_connection.0.lock().unwrap());
+                    *lock!(self.0) = Arc::clone(&*lock!(new_connection.0));
                     core::mem::drop(read);
                     // Note that this cannot recurse infinitely as we'll always be able to send at
                     // least one request on the new socket (though some other request may race us
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ impl AsyncConnection {
                     Self::timeout(request.timeout_at, conn.write.lock()).await?
                 };
 
-                let socket_timeout = *conn.socket_new_requests_timeout.lock().unwrap();
+                let socket_timeout = *lock!(conn.socket_new_requests_timeout);
                 let socket_timed_out = Instant::now() > socket_timeout;
 
                 request_id = conn.next_request_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ impl AsyncConnection {
                                 match k.trim() {
                                     "timeout" => {
                                         let timeout_secs = (v as u64).saturating_sub(1);
-                                        *conn.socket_new_requests_timeout.lock().unwrap() =
+                                        *lock!(conn.socket_new_requests_timeout) =
                                             Instant::now()
                                                 .checked_add(Duration::from_secs(timeout_secs))
                                                 .unwrap_or(Instant::now());
diff --git a/bitreq/src/lib.rs b/bitreq/src/lib.rs
index b8a53bbd6..e3ebf89bc 100644
--- a/bitreq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitreq/src/lib.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,29 @@
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
+/// Acquires a mutex lock, recovering from poisoning.
+///
+/// A mutex becomes poisoned when a thread panics while holding the lock.
+/// This macro ignores poisoning and returns the guard anyway, which is
+/// usually the right behavior since:
+/// - The data may still be in a valid state
+/// - Propagating panics across threads is rarely useful
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```ignore
+/// use std::sync::Mutex;
+///
+/// let mutex = Mutex::new(42);
+/// let guard = lock!(mutex);
+/// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "async")]
+macro_rules! lock {
+    ($mutex:expr) => {
+        $mutex.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
+    };
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 mod client;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]