diff --git a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
index b748408e088..68e2af6583f 100644
--- a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 0.2.16 (April 3, 2020)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- sync: fix a regression where `Mutex`, `Semaphore`, and `RwLock` futures no
+  longer implement `Sync` (#2375)
+
+
 # 0.2.15 (April 2, 2020)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index 31bf3271213..9fd5f95de6f 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v0.2.x" git tag.
-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.2.16"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/tokio/0.2.15/tokio/"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/tokio/0.2.16/tokio/"
 repository = "https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio"
 homepage = "https://tokio.rs"
 description = """
diff --git a/tokio/src/lib.rs b/tokio/src/lib.rs
index 7db4cb3045f..d0cb5fa4230 100644
--- a/tokio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tokio/0.2.15")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tokio/0.2.16")]
 #![allow(
     clippy::cognitive_complexity,
     clippy::large_enum_variant,
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
index 5d15311da0c..436737a6709 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/batch_semaphore.rs
@@ -463,6 +463,13 @@ impl Drop for Acquire<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+// Safety: the `Acquire` future is not `Sync` automatically because it contains
+// a `Waiter`, which, in turn, contains an `UnsafeCell`. However, the
+// `UnsafeCell` is only accessed when the future is borrowed mutably (either in
+// `poll` or in `drop`). Therefore, it is safe (although not particularly
+// _useful_) for the future to be borrowed immutably across threads.
+unsafe impl Sync for Acquire<'_> {}
+
 // ===== impl AcquireError ====
 
 impl AcquireError {
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs b/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
index dac5ac16c42..6b51b405681 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -137,8 +137,15 @@ impl Error for TryLockError {}
 fn bounds() {
     fn check_send<T: Send>() {}
     fn check_unpin<T: Unpin>() {}
+    // This has to take a value, since the async fn's return type is unnameable.
+    fn check_send_sync_val<T: Send + Sync>(_t: T) {}
+    fn check_send_sync<T: Send + Sync>() {}
     check_send::<MutexGuard<'_, u32>>();
     check_unpin::<Mutex<u32>>();
+    check_send_sync::<Mutex<u32>>();
+
+    let mutex = Mutex::new(1);
+    check_send_sync_val(mutex.lock());
 }
 
 impl<T> Mutex<T> {
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
index 7cce69a5c5d..0f7991a5bf8 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ fn bounds() {
     fn check_send<T: Send>() {}
     fn check_sync<T: Sync>() {}
     fn check_unpin<T: Unpin>() {}
+    // This has to take a value, since the async fn's return type is unnameable.
+    fn check_send_sync_val<T: Send + Sync>(_t: T) {}
+
     check_send::<RwLock<u32>>();
     check_sync::<RwLock<u32>>();
     check_unpin::<RwLock<u32>>();
@@ -142,6 +145,10 @@ fn bounds() {
 
     check_sync::<RwLockWriteGuard<'_, u32>>();
     check_unpin::<RwLockWriteGuard<'_, u32>>();
+
+    let rwlock = RwLock::new(0);
+    check_send_sync_val(rwlock.read());
+    check_send_sync_val(rwlock.write());
 }
 
 // As long as T: Send + Sync, it's fine to send and share RwLock<T> between threads.
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
index e34e49cc7fe..4cce7e8f5bc 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ pub struct TryAcquireError(());
 #[cfg(not(loom))]
 fn bounds() {
     fn check_unpin<T: Unpin>() {}
+    // This has to take a value, since the async fn's return type is unnameable.
+    fn check_send_sync_val<T: Send + Sync>(_t: T) {}
+    fn check_send_sync<T: Send + Sync>() {}
     check_unpin::<Semaphore>();
     check_unpin::<SemaphorePermit<'_>>();
+    check_send_sync::<Semaphore>();
+
+    let semaphore = Semaphore::new(0);
+    check_send_sync_val(semaphore.acquire());
 }
 
 impl Semaphore {