diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
index eeed277875..ff2e181f9b 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ Socket::Socket(QObject* parent, bool shouldChangeSocketOptions) :
 }
 
 void Socket::bind(SocketType socketType, const QHostAddress& address, quint16 port) {
-    _networkSocket.bind(socketType, address, port);
+    {
+        Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+        _networkSocket.bind(socketType, address, port);
+    }
 
     if (_shouldChangeSocketOptions) {
         setSystemBufferSizes(socketType);
@@ -68,25 +71,34 @@ void Socket::bind(SocketType socketType, const QHostAddress& address, quint16 po
         }
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
-        auto sd = _networkSocket.socketDescriptor(socketType);
-        int val = IP_PMTUDISC_DONT;
-        setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MTU_DISCOVER, &val, sizeof(val));
+        {
+            Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+            auto sd = _networkSocket.socketDescriptor(socketType);
+            int val = IP_PMTUDISC_DONT;
+            setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MTU_DISCOVER, &val, sizeof(val));
+        }
 #elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-        auto sd = _networkSocket.socketDescriptor(socketType);
-        int val = 0; // false
-        if (setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_DONTFRAGMENT, (const char *)&val, sizeof(val))) {
-            auto wsaErr = WSAGetLastError();
-            qCWarning(networking) << "Socket::bind Cannot setsockopt IP_DONTFRAGMENT" << wsaErr;
+        {
+            Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+
+            auto sd = _networkSocket.socketDescriptor(socketType);
+            int val = 0; // false
+            if (setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_DONTFRAGMENT, (const char *)&val, sizeof(val))) {
+                auto wsaErr = WSAGetLastError();
+                qCWarning(networking) << "Socket::bind Cannot setsockopt IP_DONTFRAGMENT" << wsaErr;
+            }
         }
 #endif
     }
 }
 
 void Socket::rebind(SocketType socketType) {
+    Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
     rebind(socketType, _networkSocket.localPort(socketType));
 }
 
 void Socket::rebind(SocketType socketType, quint16 localPort) {
+    Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
     _networkSocket.abort(socketType);
     bind(socketType, QHostAddress::AnyIPv4, localPort);
 }
@@ -98,6 +110,8 @@ const WebRTCSocket* Socket::getWebRTCSocket() {
 #endif
 
 void Socket::setSystemBufferSizes(SocketType socketType) {
+    Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+
     for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
         QAbstractSocket::SocketOption bufferOpt;
         QString bufferTypeString;
@@ -106,13 +120,13 @@ void Socket::setSystemBufferSizes(SocketType socketType) {
 
         if (i == 0) {
             bufferOpt = QAbstractSocket::SendBufferSizeSocketOption;
-            numBytes = socketType == SocketType::UDP 
+            numBytes = socketType == SocketType::UDP
                 ? udt::UDP_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES : udt::WEBRTC_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES;
             bufferTypeString = "send";
 
         } else {
             bufferOpt = QAbstractSocket::ReceiveBufferSizeSocketOption;
-            numBytes = socketType == SocketType::UDP 
+            numBytes = socketType == SocketType::UDP
                 ? udt::UDP_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES : udt::WEBRTC_RECEIVE_BUFFER_SIZE_BYTES;
             bufferTypeString = "receive";
         }
@@ -245,6 +259,8 @@ qint64 Socket::writeDatagram(const char* data, qint64 size, const SockAddr& sock
 }
 
 qint64 Socket::writeDatagram(const QByteArray& datagram, const SockAddr& sockAddr) {
+    Guard  socketLock(_socketMutex);
+
     auto socketType = sockAddr.getType();
 
     // don't attempt to write the datagram if we're unbound.  Just drop it.
@@ -355,6 +371,8 @@ void Socket::messageFailed(Connection* connection, Packet::MessageNumber message
 }
 
 void Socket::checkForReadyReadBackup() {
+    Guard  socketLock(_socketMutex);
+
     if (_networkSocket.hasPendingDatagrams()) {
         qCDebug(networking) << "Socket::checkForReadyReadBackup() detected blocked readyRead signal. Flushing pending datagrams.";
 
@@ -377,14 +395,20 @@ void Socket::checkForReadyReadBackup() {
     }
 }
 
+// This is here just so that we can do locking in the while below.
+bool Socket::hasPending(int &packetSizeWithHeader) {
+    Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+    return _networkSocket.hasPendingDatagrams() &&
+           (packetSizeWithHeader = _networkSocket.pendingDatagramSize()) != -1;
+}
+
 void Socket::readPendingDatagrams() {
     using namespace std::chrono;
     static const auto MAX_PROCESS_TIME { 100ms };
     const auto abortTime = system_clock::now() + MAX_PROCESS_TIME;
     int packetSizeWithHeader = -1;
 
-    while (_networkSocket.hasPendingDatagrams() &&
-           (packetSizeWithHeader = _networkSocket.pendingDatagramSize()) != -1) {
+    while (hasPending(packetSizeWithHeader)) {
         if (system_clock::now() > abortTime) {
             // We've been running for too long, stop processing packets for now
             // Once we've processed the event queue, we'll come back to packet processing
@@ -409,7 +433,11 @@ void Socket::readPendingDatagrams() {
         auto buffer = std::unique_ptr<char[]>(new char[packetSizeWithHeader]);
 
         // pull the datagram
-        auto sizeRead = _networkSocket.readDatagram(buffer.get(), packetSizeWithHeader, &senderSockAddr);
+        int sizeRead = 0;
+        {
+            Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+            sizeRead = _networkSocket.readDatagram(buffer.get(), packetSizeWithHeader, &senderSockAddr);
+        }
 
         // save information for this packet, in case it is the one that sticks readyRead
         _lastPacketSizeRead = sizeRead;
@@ -552,6 +580,8 @@ std::vector<SockAddr> Socket::getConnectionSockAddrs() {
 }
 
 void Socket::handleSocketError(SocketType socketType, QAbstractSocket::SocketError socketError) {
+    Guard socketLock(_socketMutex);
+
     int wsaError = 0;
     static std::atomic<int> previousWsaError(0);
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
index ab9699bb8f..6d625a6450 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class Socket : public QObject {
 
     using Mutex = std::mutex;
     using Lock = std::unique_lock<Mutex>;
+    using Guard = std::lock_guard<Mutex>;
+
 
 public:
     using StatsVector = std::vector<std::pair<SockAddr, ConnectionStats::Stats>>;
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ private slots:
     std::vector<SockAddr> getConnectionSockAddrs();
     void connectToSendSignal(const SockAddr& destinationAddr, QObject* receiver, const char* slot);
     
+    bool hasPending(int &packetSizeWithHeader);
     Q_INVOKABLE void writeReliablePacket(Packet* packet, const SockAddr& sockAddr);
     Q_INVOKABLE void writeReliablePacketList(PacketList* packetList, const SockAddr& sockAddr);
     
@@ -135,6 +138,8 @@ private slots:
 
     Mutex _unreliableSequenceNumbersMutex;
     Mutex _connectionsHashMutex;
+    Mutex _socketMutex;
+
 
     std::unordered_map<SockAddr, BasePacketHandler> _unfilteredHandlers;
     std::unordered_map<SockAddr, SequenceNumber> _unreliableSequenceNumbers;