diff --git a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
index e1b6e837c3847..168d4b9cf4309 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
@@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ func (s *Statsd) parseStatsdLine(line string) error {
 // map of tags.
 // Return values are (<name>, <field>, <tags>)
 func (s *Statsd) parseName(bucket string) (string, string, map[string]string) {
+	s.Lock()
+	defer s.Unlock()
 	tags := make(map[string]string)
 
 	bucketparts := strings.Split(bucket, ",")