diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_cache.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_cache.cc
index 4dde65ffe09..526e6917db3 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_cache.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_cache.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 int ObjectCache::get(string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& info, uint32_t mask)
 {
+  Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+
   map<string, ObjectCacheEntry>::iterator iter = cache_map.find(name);
   if (iter == cache_map.end()) {
     RGW_LOG(10) << "cache get: name=" << name << " : miss" << dendl;
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ int ObjectCache::get(string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& info, uint32_t mask)
 
 void ObjectCache::put(string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& info)
 {
+  Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+
   RGW_LOG(10) << "cache put: name=" << name << dendl;
   map<string, ObjectCacheEntry>::iterator iter = cache_map.find(name);
   if (iter == cache_map.end()) {
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ void ObjectCache::put(string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& info)
 
 void ObjectCache::remove(string& name)
 {
+  Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+
   map<string, ObjectCacheEntry>::iterator iter = cache_map.find(name);
   if (iter == cache_map.end())
     return;
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_cache.h b/src/rgw/rgw_cache.h
index 9bd8af9cfc9..f3924266f25 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_cache.h
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_cache.h
@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ struct ObjectCacheEntry {
 class ObjectCache {
   std::map<string, ObjectCacheEntry> cache_map;
   std::list<string> lru;
+  Mutex lock;
 
   void touch_lru(string& name, std::list<string>::iterator& lru_iter);
   void remove_lru(string& name, std::list<string>::iterator& lru_iter);
 public:
-  ObjectCache() { }
+  ObjectCache() : lock("ObjectCache") { }
   int get(std::string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& bl, uint32_t mask);
   void put(std::string& name, ObjectCacheInfo& bl);
   void remove(std::string& name);