diff --git a/pkg/aggregator/demultiplexer_agent.go b/pkg/aggregator/demultiplexer_agent.go
index c541d95a108a0..1512c756d86fe 100644
--- a/pkg/aggregator/demultiplexer_agent.go
+++ b/pkg/aggregator/demultiplexer_agent.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type DemultiplexerWithAggregator interface {
 type AgentDemultiplexer struct {
 	log log.Component
 
-	m sync.Mutex
+	m sync.RWMutex
 
 	// stopChan completely stops the flushLoop of the Demultiplexer when receiving
 	// a message, not doing anything else.
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) ForceFlushToSerializer(start time.Time, waitForSeri
 // - to have an implementation of SendIterableSeries listening on multiple sinks in parallel, or,
 // - to have a thread-safe implementation of the underlying `util.BufferedChan`.
 func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) flushToSerializer(start time.Time, waitForSerializer bool) {
-	d.m.Lock()
-	defer d.m.Unlock()
+	d.m.RLock()
+	defer d.m.RUnlock()
 
 	if d.aggregator == nil {
 		// NOTE(remy): we could consider flushing only the time samplers
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) DumpDogstatsdContexts(dest io.Writer) error {
 // If no error is returned here, DestroySender must be called with the same ID
 // once the sender is not used anymore
 func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) GetSender(id checkid.ID) (sender.Sender, error) {
-	d.m.Lock()
-	defer d.m.Unlock()
+	d.m.RLock()
+	defer d.m.RUnlock()
 
 	if d.senders == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("demultiplexer is stopped")
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) GetSender(id checkid.ID) (sender.Sender, error) {
 // SetSender returns the passed sender with the passed ID.
 // This is largely for testing purposes
 func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) SetSender(s sender.Sender, id checkid.ID) error {
-	d.m.Lock()
-	defer d.m.Unlock()
+	d.m.RLock()
+	defer d.m.RUnlock()
 	if d.senders == nil {
 		return errors.New("demultiplexer is stopped")
 	}
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) SetSender(s sender.Sender, id checkid.ID) error {
 // Should be called when no sender with this ID is used anymore
 // The metrics of this (these) sender(s) that haven't been flushed yet will be lost
 func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) DestroySender(id checkid.ID) {
-	d.m.Lock()
-	defer d.m.Unlock()
+	d.m.RLock()
+	defer d.m.RUnlock()
 
 	if d.senders == nil {
 		return
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) DestroySender(id checkid.ID) {
 
 // GetDefaultSender returns a default sender.
 func (d *AgentDemultiplexer) GetDefaultSender() (sender.Sender, error) {
-	d.m.Lock()
-	defer d.m.Unlock()
+	d.m.RLock()
+	defer d.m.RUnlock()
 
 	if d.senders == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("demultiplexer is stopped")