diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index f47e30b0..f1679362 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -352,15 +352,15 @@ reparse:
 		json_object_set_new_nocheck(val, "server", json_integer(client->server));
 		s = json_dumps(val, 0);
 
-		ck_rlock(&cdata->lock);
-		/* Do not send messages of clients we've already dropped */
+		/* Do not send messages of clients we've already dropped. We
+		 * do this unlocked as the occasional false negative can be
+		 * filtered by the stratifier. */
 		if (likely(client->fd != -1)) {
 			if (ckp->passthrough)
 				send_proc(ckp->generator, s);
 			else
 				send_proc(ckp->stratifier, s);
 		}
-		ck_runlock(&cdata->lock);
 
 		free(s);
 		json_decref(val);