diff --git a/gorm.go b/gorm.go
index e5c4a8a4..affa8e69 100644
--- a/gorm.go
+++ b/gorm.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ func Open(dialector Dialector, config *Config) (db *DB, err error) {
 	preparedStmt := &PreparedStmtDB{
 		ConnPool:    db.ConnPool,
 		Stmts:       map[string]*sql.Stmt{},
+		Mux:         &sync.RWMutex{},
 		PreparedSQL: make([]string, 0, 100),
 	}
 	db.cacheStore.Store("preparedStmt", preparedStmt)
diff --git a/prepare_stmt.go b/prepare_stmt.go
index 14a6aaec..eddee1f2 100644
--- a/prepare_stmt.go
+++ b/prepare_stmt.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 type PreparedStmtDB struct {
 	Stmts       map[string]*sql.Stmt
 	PreparedSQL []string
-	Mux         sync.RWMutex
+	Mux         *sync.RWMutex
 	ConnPool
 }