diff --git a/src/runtime/lockrank.go b/src/runtime/lockrank.go
index 5686dacc3b..4d661e93dc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lockrank.go
+++ b/src/runtime/lockrank.go
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ const (
 	lockRankTraceStrings
 	// MALLOC
 	lockRankFin
-	lockRankGcBitsArenas
 	lockRankSpanSetSpine
 	lockRankMspanSpecial
 	// MPROF
+	lockRankGcBitsArenas
 	lockRankProfInsert
 	lockRankProfBlock
 	lockRankProfMemActive
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ var lockNames = []string{
 	lockRankTraceBuf:       "traceBuf",
 	lockRankTraceStrings:   "traceStrings",
 	lockRankFin:            "fin",
-	lockRankGcBitsArenas:   "gcBitsArenas",
 	lockRankSpanSetSpine:   "spanSetSpine",
 	lockRankMspanSpecial:   "mspanSpecial",
+	lockRankGcBitsArenas:   "gcBitsArenas",
 	lockRankProfInsert:     "profInsert",
 	lockRankProfBlock:      "profBlock",
 	lockRankProfMemActive:  "profMemActive",
@@ -164,23 +164,23 @@ var lockPartialOrder [][]lockRank = [][]lockRank{
 	lockRankTraceBuf:       {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge},
 	lockRankTraceStrings:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankTraceBuf},
 	lockRankFin:            {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
-	lockRankGcBitsArenas:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
 	lockRankSpanSetSpine:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
 	lockRankMspanSpecial:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
+	lockRankGcBitsArenas:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankMspanSpecial},
 	lockRankProfInsert:     {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
 	lockRankProfBlock:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
 	lockRankProfMemActive:  {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings},
 	lockRankProfMemFuture:  {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankProfMemActive},
-	lockRankGscan:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture},
-	lockRankStackpool:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
-	lockRankStackLarge:     {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
-	lockRankHchanLeaf:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankHchanLeaf},
-	lockRankWbufSpans:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
-	lockRankMheap:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans},
-	lockRankMheapSpecial:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap},
-	lockRankGlobalAlloc:    {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap, lockRankMheapSpecial},
-	lockRankTrace:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap},
-	lockRankTraceStackTab:  {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap, lockRankTrace},
+	lockRankGscan:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture},
+	lockRankStackpool:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
+	lockRankStackLarge:     {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
+	lockRankHchanLeaf:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankHchanLeaf},
+	lockRankWbufSpans:      {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan},
+	lockRankMheap:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans},
+	lockRankMheapSpecial:   {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap},
+	lockRankGlobalAlloc:    {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap, lockRankMheapSpecial},
+	lockRankTrace:          {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap},
+	lockRankTraceStackTab:  {lockRankSysmon, lockRankScavenge, lockRankForcegc, lockRankDefer, lockRankSweepWaiters, lockRankAssistQueue, lockRankSweep, lockRankPollDesc, lockRankCpuprof, lockRankSched, lockRankAllg, lockRankAllp, lockRankTimers, lockRankNetpollInit, lockRankHchan, lockRankNotifyList, lockRankSudog, lockRankRwmutexW, lockRankRwmutexR, lockRankRoot, lockRankItab, lockRankReflectOffs, lockRankUserArenaState, lockRankTraceBuf, lockRankTraceStrings, lockRankFin, lockRankSpanSetSpine, lockRankMspanSpecial, lockRankGcBitsArenas, lockRankProfInsert, lockRankProfBlock, lockRankProfMemActive, lockRankProfMemFuture, lockRankGscan, lockRankStackpool, lockRankStackLarge, lockRankWbufSpans, lockRankMheap, lockRankTrace},
 	lockRankPanic:          {},
 	lockRankDeadlock:       {lockRankPanic, lockRankDeadlock},
 	lockRankRaceFini:       {lockRankPanic},
diff --git a/src/runtime/mklockrank.go b/src/runtime/mklockrank.go
index afa4946ff4..c0d5a02146 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mklockrank.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mklockrank.go
@@ -109,11 +109,14 @@ allg,
 < MALLOC
 # Below MALLOC is the malloc implementation.
 < fin,
-  gcBitsArenas,
   spanSetSpine,
   mspanSpecial,
   MPROF;
 
+# We can acquire gcBitsArenas for pinner bits, and
+# it's guarded by mspanSpecial.
+MALLOC, mspanSpecial < gcBitsArenas;
+
 # Memory profiling
 MPROF < profInsert, profBlock, profMemActive;
 profMemActive < profMemFuture;