diff --git a/src/rpc/stats.cpp b/src/rpc/stats.cpp
index c79ef754649..e8df5e1226d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/stats.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/stats.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ RPCStats RPCStats::fromJSON(UniValue json) {
 
 void CRPCStats::add(const std::string& name, const int64_t latency, const int64_t payload)
 {
+    CLockFreeGuard lock(lock_stats);
     auto stats = CRPCStats::get(name);
     if (stats) {
         stats->count++;
@@ -93,8 +94,6 @@ void CRPCStats::add(const std::string& name, const int64_t latency, const int64_
         stats = { name, latency, payload };
     }
     stats->history.push_back({ stats->lastUsedTime, latency, payload });
-
-    CLockFreeGuard lock(lock_stats);
     map[name] = *stats;
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +142,9 @@ static UniValue getrpcstats(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     }
 
     auto command = request.params[0].get_str();
+
+    CLockFreeGuard lock(lock_stats);
+
     auto stats = statsRPC.get(command);
     if (!stats) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMS, "No stats for this command.");