diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 8c522d46..0ac0de3a 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -447,21 +447,26 @@ bool _send_proc(proc_instance_t *pi, const char *msg, const char *file, const ch
 		LOGALERT("Attempting to send message %s to non existent process %s", msg, pi->processname);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&pi->lock);
 	sockd = open_unix_client(path);
 	if (unlikely(sockd < 0)) {
 		LOGWARNING("Failed to open socket %s", path);
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!send_unix_msg(sockd, msg)))
 		LOGWARNING("Failed to send %s to socket %s", msg, path);
 	else
 		ret = true;
 	Close(sockd);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&pi->lock);
 out:
 	if (unlikely(!ret)) {
 		LOGERR("Failure in send_proc from %s %s:%d", file, func, line);
 		childsighandler(15);
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1018,6 +1023,7 @@ static proc_instance_t *prepare_child(ckpool_t *ckp, int (*process)(), char *nam
 	pi->processname = name;
 	pi->sockname = pi->processname;
 	pi->process = process;
+	mutex_init(&pi->lock);
 	create_process_unixsock(pi);
 	return pi;
 }
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 9284165d..ae15cdfb 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct proc_instance {
 	char *sockname;
 	int pid;
 	int (*process)(proc_instance_t *);
+	pthread_mutex_t lock;
 };
 
 struct connsock {