diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
index e2618c16d..219979f09 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ static std::string rpcWarmupStatus GUARDED_BY(cs_rpcWarmup) = "RPC server starte
 /* Timer-creating functions */
 static RPCTimerInterface* timerInterface = nullptr;
 /* Map of name to timer. */
-static std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<RPCTimerBase> > deadlineTimers;
+static Mutex g_deadline_timers_mutex;
+static std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<RPCTimerBase> > deadlineTimers GUARDED_BY(g_deadline_timers_mutex);
 static bool ExecuteCommand(const CRPCCommand& command, const JSONRPCRequest& request, UniValue& result, bool last_handler);
 
 struct RPCCommandExecutionInfo
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ void InterruptRPC()
 void StopRPC()
 {
     LogPrint(BCLog::RPC, "Stopping RPC\n");
-    deadlineTimers.clear();
+    WITH_LOCK(g_deadline_timers_mutex, deadlineTimers.clear());
     DeleteAuthCookie();
     g_rpcSignals.Stopped();
 }
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ void RPCRunLater(const std::string& name, std::function<void()> func, int64_t nS
 {
     if (!timerInterface)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "No timer handler registered for RPC");
+    LOCK(g_deadline_timers_mutex);
     deadlineTimers.erase(name);
     LogPrint(BCLog::RPC, "queue run of timer %s in %i seconds (using %s)\n", name, nSeconds, timerInterface->Name());
     deadlineTimers.emplace(name, std::unique_ptr<RPCTimerBase>(timerInterface->NewTimer(func, nSeconds*1000)));