diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/di/dbgtransportmanager.cpp b/src/coreclr/debug/di/dbgtransportmanager.cpp
index 677d30854b6503..de3ee71b093944 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/di/dbgtransportmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/di/dbgtransportmanager.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ DbgTransportTarget::DbgTransportTarget()
 // Initialization routine called only by the DbgTransportManager.
 HRESULT DbgTransportTarget::Init()
 {
-    m_sLock.Init("DbgTransportTarget Lock", RSLock::cLockFlat, RSLock::LL_DBG_TRANSPORT_TARGET_LOCK);
+    // The Unix loader does not invoke DbgDllMain DLL_PROCESS_DETACH for mscordbi at process exit,
+    // so Shutdown() may never run. Mark the lock as allowing leak to skip the destructor assert.
+    m_sLock.Init("DbgTransportTarget Lock", RSLock::cLockFlat | RSLock::cLockAllowLeak, RSLock::LL_DBG_TRANSPORT_TARGET_LOCK);
 
     return S_OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.h b/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.h
index 6caf7a556bf06f..076720e7999b46 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.h
@@ -716,6 +716,10 @@ class RSLock
         // to count this lock in m_cTotalDbgApiLocks, which is asserted to be 0 on entry
         // to public APIs.  Example of such a lock: LL_SHIM_PROCESS_DISPOSE_LOCK
         cLockNonDbgApi  = 0x00000004,
+
+        // Skip the leak assert in the destructor. Use for static-lifetime locks
+        // whose owning shutdown path is not guaranteed to run.
+        cLockAllowLeak  = 0x00000008,
     };
 
     // To prevent deadlocks, we order all locks.
diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.inl b/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.inl
index c88416b505c247..755de8d2bc7a64 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.inl
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/di/rspriv.inl
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ inline RSLock::RSLock()
 
 inline RSLock::~RSLock()
 {
-    // If this lock is still ininitialized, then no body ever deleted the critical section
-    // for it and we're leaking.
-    CONSISTENCY_CHECK_MSGF(!IsInit(), ("Leaking Critical section for RS Lock '%s'", m_szTag));
+    // If this lock is still initialized, then nobody ever deleted the critical section
+    // for it and we're leaking. cLockAllowLeak opts out of this assert.
+    CONSISTENCY_CHECK_MSGF(!IsInit() || (m_eAttr & cLockAllowLeak), ("Leaking Critical section for RS Lock '%s'", m_szTag));
 }
 #endif