diff --git a/clientv3/concurrency/mutex.go b/clientv3/concurrency/mutex.go
index 306470b88..c9abc9bba 100644
--- a/clientv3/concurrency/mutex.go
+++ b/clientv3/concurrency/mutex.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 // ErrLocked is returned by TryLock when Mutex is already locked by another session.
 var ErrLocked = errors.New("mutex: Locked by another session")
+var ErrSessionExpired = errors.New("mutex: session is expired")
 
 // Mutex implements the sync Locker interface with etcd
 type Mutex struct {
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ func (m *Mutex) Lock(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	client := m.s.Client()
 	// wait for deletion revisions prior to myKey
+	// TODO: early termination if the session key is deleted before other session keys with smaller revisions.
 	hdr, werr := waitDeletes(ctx, client, m.pfx, m.myRev-1)
 	// release lock key if wait failed
 	if werr != nil {
@@ -87,7 +89,20 @@ func (m *Mutex) Lock(ctx context.Context) error {
 	} else {
 		m.hdr = hdr
 	}
-	return werr
+
+	// make sure the session is not expired, and the owner key still exists.
+	gresp, werr := client.Get(ctx, m.myKey)
+	if werr != nil {
+		m.Unlock(client.Ctx())
+		return werr
+	}
+
+	if len(gresp.Kvs) == 0 { // is the session key lost?
+		return ErrSessionExpired
+	}
+	m.hdr = gresp.Header
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (m *Mutex) tryAcquire(ctx context.Context) (*v3.TxnResponse, error) {
diff --git a/clientv3/concurrency/mutex_test.go b/clientv3/concurrency/mutex_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545469fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clientv3/concurrency/mutex_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package concurrency_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3/concurrency"
+)
+
+func TestMutexLockSessionExpired(t *testing.T) {
+	cli, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{Endpoints: endpoints})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer cli.Close()
+
+	// create two separate sessions for lock competition
+	s1, err := concurrency.NewSession(cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer s1.Close()
+	m1 := concurrency.NewMutex(s1, "/my-lock/")
+
+	s2, err := concurrency.NewSession(cli)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	m2 := concurrency.NewMutex(s2, "/my-lock/")
+
+	// acquire lock for s1
+	if err := m1.Lock(context.TODO()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	m2Locked := make(chan struct{})
+	var err2 error
+	go func() {
+		defer close(m2Locked)
+		// m2 blocks since m1 already acquired lock /my-lock/
+		if err2 = m2.Lock(context.TODO()); err2 == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expect session expired error")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// revoke the session of m2 before unlock m1
+	err = s2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := m1.Unlock(context.TODO()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	<-m2Locked
+}