diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
index 3ed43155e70..a17abf199fe 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -16740,7 +16740,7 @@ innodb_show_mutex_status(
 
 	DBUG_ASSERT(hton == innodb_hton_ptr);
 
-	mutex_monitor->iterate(collector);
+	mutex_monitor.iterate(collector);
 
 	if (!collector.to_string(hton, thd, stat_print)) {
 		DBUG_RETURN(1);
@@ -18907,7 +18907,7 @@ innodb_monitor_set_option(
 
 		if (MONITOR_IS_ON(MONITOR_LATCHES)) {
 
-			mutex_monitor->enable();
+			mutex_monitor.enable();
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -18922,7 +18922,7 @@ innodb_monitor_set_option(
 
 		if (!MONITOR_IS_ON(MONITOR_LATCHES)) {
 
-			mutex_monitor->disable();
+			mutex_monitor.disable();
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -18931,13 +18931,13 @@ innodb_monitor_set_option(
 
 		if (monitor_id == (MONITOR_LATCHES)) {
 
-			mutex_monitor->reset();
+			mutex_monitor.reset();
 		}
 		break;
 
 	case MONITOR_RESET_ALL_VALUE:
 		srv_mon_reset_all(monitor_id);
-		mutex_monitor->reset();
+		mutex_monitor.reset();
 		break;
 
 	default:
diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/ut0mutex.h b/storage/innobase/include/ut0mutex.h
index bd3603ad4d0..dc387dadbdc 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/ut0mutex.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/ut0mutex.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 /** Defined in sync0sync.cc */
-extern MutexMonitor*	mutex_monitor;
+extern MutexMonitor	mutex_monitor;
 
 /**
 Creates, or rather, initializes a mutex object in a specified memory
diff --git a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0debug.cc b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0debug.cc
index fa7a99ea4c0..793c6a59e33 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0debug.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0debug.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
 
 Copyright (c) 2014, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
-Copyright (c) 2017, MariaDB Corporation.
+Copyright (c) 2017, 2018, MariaDB Corporation.
 
 Portions of this file contain modifications contributed and copyrighted by
 Google, Inc. Those modifications are gratefully acknowledged and are described
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ private:
 };
 
 /** Track latch creation location. For reducing the size of the latches */
-static CreateTracker*	create_tracker;
+static CreateTracker	create_tracker;
 
 /** Register a latch, called when it is created
 @param[in]	ptr		Latch instance that was created
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ sync_file_created_register(
 	const char*	filename,
 	uint16_t	line)
 {
-	create_tracker->register_latch(ptr, filename, line);
+	create_tracker.register_latch(ptr, filename, line);
 }
 
 /** Deregister a latch, called when it is destroyed
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ sync_file_created_register(
 void
 sync_file_created_deregister(const void* ptr)
 {
-	create_tracker->deregister_latch(ptr);
+	create_tracker.deregister_latch(ptr);
 }
 
 /** Get the string where the file was created. Its format is "name:line"
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ sync_file_created_deregister(const void* ptr)
 std::string
 sync_file_created_get(const void* ptr)
 {
-	return(create_tracker->get(ptr));
+	return(create_tracker.get(ptr));
 }
 
 /** Initializes the synchronization data structures. */
@@ -1744,12 +1744,6 @@ sync_check_init()
 	ut_ad(!LatchDebug::s_initialized);
 	ut_d(LatchDebug::s_initialized = true);
 
-	/** For collecting latch statistic - SHOW ... MUTEX */
-	mutex_monitor = UT_NEW_NOKEY(MutexMonitor());
-
-	/** For trcking mutex creation location */
-	create_tracker = UT_NEW_NOKEY(CreateTracker());
-
 	sync_latch_meta_init();
 
 	/* Init the rw-lock & mutex list and create the mutex to protect it. */
@@ -1773,14 +1767,6 @@ sync_check_close()
 
 	sync_array_close();
 
-	UT_DELETE(mutex_monitor);
-
-	mutex_monitor = NULL;
-
-	UT_DELETE(create_tracker);
-
-	create_tracker = NULL;
-
 	sync_latch_meta_destroy();
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0sync.cc b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0sync.cc
index 4be7162f631..16dd90cd879 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/sync/sync0sync.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/sync/sync0sync.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ mysql_pfs_key_t	trx_purge_latch_key;
 #endif /* UNIV_PFS_RWLOCK */
 
 /** For monitoring active mutexes */
-MutexMonitor*	mutex_monitor;
+MutexMonitor	mutex_monitor;
 
 /**
 Prints wait info of the sync system.