diff --git a/eventlet/patcher.py b/eventlet/patcher.py
index b249d6f19..4eeb93439 100644
--- a/eventlet/patcher.py
+++ b/eventlet/patcher.py
@@ -412,6 +412,23 @@ def _green_existing_locks():
             elif py3_style and not isinstance(obj, pyrlock_type):
                 _fix_py3_rlock(obj)
 
+    if (3, 0) <= sys.version_info <= (3, 10):
+        # Older py3 won't have RLocks show up in gc.get_objects() -- see
+        # https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/546 -- so green a handful
+        # that we know are significant
+        import logging
+        if isinstance(logging._lock, rlock_type):
+            _fix_py3_rlock(logging._lock)
+        logging._acquireLock()
+        try:
+            for ref in logging._handlerList:
+                handler = ref()
+                if handler and isinstance(handler.lock, rlock_type):
+                    _fix_py3_rlock(handler.lock)
+                del handler
+        finally:
+            logging._releaseLock()
+
 
 def _fix_py2_rlock(rlock, tid):
     import eventlet.green.threading
@@ -425,7 +442,7 @@ def _fix_py2_rlock(rlock, tid):
 
 def _fix_py3_rlock(old):
     import gc
-    import threading
+    from eventlet.green import threading
     new = threading._PyRLock()
     while old._is_owned():
         old.release()
@@ -434,14 +451,23 @@ def _fix_py3_rlock(old):
         new.acquire()
     gc.collect()
     for ref in gc.get_referrers(old):
-        try:
-            ref_vars = vars(ref)
-        except TypeError:
-            pass
+        if isinstance(ref, dict):
+            for k, v in ref.items():
+                if v is old:
+                    ref[k] = new
+        elif isinstance(ref, list):
+            for k, v in enumerate(ref):
+                if v is old:
+                    ref[k] = new
         else:
-            for k, v in ref_vars.items():
-                if v == old:
-                    setattr(ref, k, new)
+            try:
+                ref_vars = vars(ref)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                for k, v in ref_vars.items():
+                    if v is old:
+                        setattr(ref, k, new)
 
 
 def _green_os_modules():
diff --git a/tests/isolated/patcher_existing_logging_module_lock.py b/tests/isolated/patcher_existing_logging_module_lock.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2acad62ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/isolated/patcher_existing_logging_module_lock.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/730
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/pull/754
+__test__ = False
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import logging
+    import eventlet.patcher
+    eventlet.patcher.monkey_patch(thread=True)
+    import threading
+
+    def take_and_release():
+        try:
+            logging._lock.acquire()
+        finally:
+            logging._lock.release()
+
+    assert logging._lock.acquire()
+    t = threading.Thread(target=take_and_release)
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+    t.join(timeout=0.1)
+    # we should timeout, and the thread is still blocked waiting on the lock
+    assert t.is_alive()
+
+    logging._lock.release()
+    t.join(timeout=0.1)
+    assert not t.is_alive()
+    print("pass")
diff --git a/tests/patcher_test.py b/tests/patcher_test.py
index dbf6e1c71..e8d6f3300 100644
--- a/tests/patcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/patcher_test.py
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ def test_patcher_existing_locks_unlocked():
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_existing_locks_unlocked.py')
 
 
+def test_patcher_existing_logging_module_lock():
+    tests.run_isolated('patcher_existing_logging_module_lock.py')
+
+
 def test_importlib_lock():
     tests.run_isolated('patcher_importlib_lock.py')