diff --git a/components/detournavigator/makenavmesh.hpp b/components/detournavigator/makenavmesh.hpp
index f9c304ee99..963e0daa8b 100644
--- a/components/detournavigator/makenavmesh.hpp
+++ b/components/detournavigator/makenavmesh.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "navmeshcacheitem.hpp"
 #include "tileposition.hpp"
 #include "tilebounds.hpp"
+#include "sharednavmesh.hpp"
 
 #include <osg/Vec3f>
 
@@ -16,11 +17,8 @@ class dtNavMesh;
 namespace DetourNavigator
 {
     class RecastMesh;
-    class SharedNavMesh;
     struct Settings;
 
-    using NavMeshPtr = std::shared_ptr<dtNavMesh>;
-
     enum class UpdateNavMeshStatus
     {
         ignore,
diff --git a/components/detournavigator/sharednavmesh.hpp b/components/detournavigator/sharednavmesh.hpp
index 657973c2f6..8045434a18 100644
--- a/components/detournavigator/sharednavmesh.hpp
+++ b/components/detournavigator/sharednavmesh.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_DETOURNAVIGATOR_SHAREDNAVMESH_H
 #define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_DETOURNAVIGATOR_SHAREDNAVMESH_H
 
+#include <components/misc/guarded.hpp>
+
 #include <mutex>
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -9,45 +11,7 @@ class dtNavMesh;
 namespace DetourNavigator
 {
     using NavMeshPtr = std::shared_ptr<dtNavMesh>;
-
-    class LockedSharedNavMesh
-    {
-    public:
-        LockedSharedNavMesh(std::mutex& mutex, const NavMeshPtr& value)
-            : mLock(new std::lock_guard<std::mutex>(mutex)), mValue(value)
-        {}
-
-        dtNavMesh* operator ->() const
-        {
-            return mValue.get();
-        }
-
-        dtNavMesh& operator *() const
-        {
-            return *mValue;
-        }
-
-    private:
-        std::unique_ptr<const std::lock_guard<std::mutex>> mLock;
-        NavMeshPtr mValue;
-    };
-
-    class SharedNavMesh
-    {
-    public:
-        SharedNavMesh(const NavMeshPtr& value)
-            : mMutex(std::make_shared<std::mutex>()), mValue(value)
-        {}
-
-        LockedSharedNavMesh lock() const
-        {
-            return LockedSharedNavMesh(*mMutex, mValue);
-        }
-
-    private:
-        std::shared_ptr<std::mutex> mMutex;
-        NavMeshPtr mValue;
-    };
+    using SharedNavMesh = Misc::SharedGuarded<dtNavMesh>;
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/components/misc/guarded.hpp b/components/misc/guarded.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f70f5e4c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/misc/guarded.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_MISC_GUARDED_H
+#define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_MISC_GUARDED_H
+
+#include <mutex>
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace Misc
+{
+    template <class T>
+    class Locked
+    {
+        public:
+            Locked(std::mutex& mutex, T& value)
+                : mLock(mutex), mValue(value)
+            {}
+
+            T& get() const
+            {
+                return mValue.get();
+            }
+
+            T* operator ->() const
+            {
+                return std::addressof(get());
+            }
+
+            T& operator *() const
+            {
+                return get();
+            }
+
+        private:
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> mLock;
+            std::reference_wrapper<T> mValue;
+    };
+
+    template <class T>
+    class SharedGuarded
+    {
+        public:
+            SharedGuarded()
+                : mMutex(std::make_shared<std::mutex>())
+            {}
+
+            SharedGuarded(std::shared_ptr<T> value)
+                : mMutex(std::make_shared<std::mutex>()), mValue(std::move(value))
+            {}
+
+            Locked<T> lock() const
+            {
+                return Locked<T>(*mMutex, *mValue);
+            }
+
+            Locked<const T> lockConst() const
+            {
+                return Locked<const T>(*mMutex, *mValue);
+            }
+
+        private:
+            std::shared_ptr<std::mutex> mMutex;
+            std::shared_ptr<T> mValue;
+    };
+}
+
+#endif