diff --git a/src/Library/DeviceManagerBase.cpp b/src/Library/DeviceManagerBase.cpp
index b2bcc942..e4a564d7 100644
--- a/src/Library/DeviceManagerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/Library/DeviceManagerBase.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ namespace usbguard
 
   uint32_t DeviceManagerBase::getIDFromSysfsPath(const std::string& sysfs_path) const
   {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(const_cast<DeviceManagerBase*>(this)->refDeviceMapMutex());
     uint32_t id = 0;
 
     if (knownSysfsPath(sysfs_path, &id)) {
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ namespace usbguard
 
   bool DeviceManagerBase::isPresentSysfsPath(const std::string& sysfs_path) const
   {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(const_cast<DeviceManagerBase*>(this)->refDeviceMapMutex());
     uint32_t id = 0;
 
     if (knownSysfsPath(sysfs_path, &id)) {
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ namespace usbguard
 
   bool DeviceManagerBase::knownSysfsPath(const std::string& sysfs_path, uint32_t* id_ptr) const
   {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(const_cast<DeviceManagerBase*>(this)->refDeviceMapMutex());
     USBGUARD_LOG(Trace) << "Known? sysfs_path=" << sysfs_path << " size=" << sysfs_path.size() << " id_ptr=" << (void*)id_ptr;
     auto it = _sysfs_path_to_id_map.find(sysfs_path);
     uint32_t known_id = 0;
@@ -388,12 +391,14 @@ namespace usbguard
 
   void DeviceManagerBase::learnSysfsPath(const std::string& sysfs_path, uint32_t id)
   {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(refDeviceMapMutex());
     USBGUARD_LOG(Trace) << "Learn sysfs_path=" << sysfs_path << " size=" << sysfs_path.size() << " id=" << id;
     _sysfs_path_to_id_map[sysfs_path] = id;
   }
 
   void DeviceManagerBase::forgetSysfsPath(const std::string& sysfs_path)
   {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(refDeviceMapMutex());
     USBGUARD_LOG(Trace) << "Forget sysfs_path=" << sysfs_path;
     _sysfs_path_to_id_map.erase(sysfs_path);
   }
diff --git a/src/Library/DeviceManagerPrivate.cpp b/src/Library/DeviceManagerPrivate.cpp
index 73f84fdd..6daa21b3 100644
--- a/src/Library/DeviceManagerPrivate.cpp
+++ b/src/Library/DeviceManagerPrivate.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ namespace usbguard
     }
   }
 
+  std::mutex& DeviceManagerPrivate::refDeviceMapMutex()
+  {
+    return _device_map_mutex;
+  }
+
   void DeviceManagerPrivate::DeviceEvent(DeviceManager::EventType event, std::shared_ptr<Device> device)
   {
     USBGUARD_LOG(Trace) << "event=" << DeviceManager::eventTypeToString(event)
diff --git a/src/Library/UEventDeviceManager.cpp b/src/Library/UEventDeviceManager.cpp
index 272bfb07..96bf1bfb 100644
--- a/src/Library/UEventDeviceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Library/UEventDeviceManager.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 namespace usbguard
 {
+  static pthread_mutex_t G_backlog_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
   UEventDeviceManager::UEventDeviceManager(DeviceManagerHooks& hooks)
     : DeviceManagerBase(hooks),
@@ -332,7 +335,9 @@ namespace usbguard
     const std::string sysfs_devpath = uevent.getAttribute("DEVPATH");
 
     if (_enumeration) {
+      pthread_mutex_lock(&G_backlog_mutex);
       _backlog.emplace_back(std::move(uevent));
+      pthread_mutex_unlock(&G_backlog_mutex);
     }
     else {
       ueventProcessAction(action, sysfs_devpath);
@@ -453,10 +458,16 @@ namespace usbguard
 
   void UEventDeviceManager::processBacklog()
   {
-    USBGUARD_LOG(Debug) << "Processing backlog: _backlog.size() = " << _backlog.size();
+    std::vector<UEvent> backlog_copy;
+    {
+      pthread_mutex_lock(&G_backlog_mutex);
+      backlog_copy = std::move(_backlog);
+      pthread_mutex_unlock(&G_backlog_mutex);
+    }
+    USBGUARD_LOG(Debug) << "Processing backlog: backlog_copy.size() = " << backlog_copy.size();
 
     try {
-      for (auto& it : _backlog) {
+      for (auto& it : backlog_copy) {
         ueventProcessUEvent(std::move(it));
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/Library/public/usbguard/DeviceManager.cpp b/src/Library/public/usbguard/DeviceManager.cpp
index c7c37847..c8f32f18 100644
--- a/src/Library/public/usbguard/DeviceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Library/public/usbguard/DeviceManager.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ namespace usbguard
     return d_pointer->getDevice(id);
   }
 
+  std::mutex& DeviceManager::refDeviceMapMutex()
+  {
+    return d_pointer->refDeviceMapMutex();
+  }
+
   void DeviceManager::DeviceEvent(DeviceManager::EventType event, std::shared_ptr<Device> device)
   {
     d_pointer->DeviceEvent(event, device);