diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 482d6024ef13..666e1db44541 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -495,10 +495,12 @@ bool dso__data_status_seen(struct dso *dso, enum dso_data_status_seen by)
 }
 
 static void
-dso_cache__free(struct rb_root *root)
+dso_cache__free(struct dso *dso)
 {
+	struct rb_root *root = &dso->data.cache;
 	struct rb_node *next = rb_first(root);
 
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&dso->lock);
 	while (next) {
 		struct dso_cache *cache;
 
@@ -507,10 +509,12 @@ dso_cache__free(struct rb_root *root)
 		rb_erase(&cache->rb_node, root);
 		free(cache);
 	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&dso->lock);
 }
 
-static struct dso_cache *dso_cache__find(const struct rb_root *root, u64 offset)
+static struct dso_cache *dso_cache__find(struct dso *dso, u64 offset)
 {
+	const struct rb_root *root = &dso->data.cache;
 	struct rb_node * const *p = &root->rb_node;
 	const struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 	struct dso_cache *cache;
@@ -529,17 +533,20 @@ static struct dso_cache *dso_cache__find(const struct rb_root *root, u64 offset)
 		else
 			return cache;
 	}
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void
-dso_cache__insert(struct rb_root *root, struct dso_cache *new)
+static struct dso_cache *
+dso_cache__insert(struct dso *dso, struct dso_cache *new)
 {
+	struct rb_root *root = &dso->data.cache;
 	struct rb_node **p = &root->rb_node;
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 	struct dso_cache *cache;
 	u64 offset = new->offset;
 
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&dso->lock);
 	while (*p != NULL) {
 		u64 end;
 
@@ -551,10 +558,17 @@ dso_cache__insert(struct rb_root *root, struct dso_cache *new)
 			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
 		else if (offset >= end)
 			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
+		else
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	rb_link_node(&new->rb_node, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(&new->rb_node, root);
+
+	cache = NULL;
+out:
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&dso->lock);
+	return cache;
 }
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -572,6 +586,7 @@ static ssize_t
 dso_cache__read(struct dso *dso, u64 offset, u8 *data, ssize_t size)
 {
 	struct dso_cache *cache;
+	struct dso_cache *old;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	do {
@@ -591,7 +606,12 @@ dso_cache__read(struct dso *dso, u64 offset, u8 *data, ssize_t size)
 
 		cache->offset = cache_offset;
 		cache->size   = ret;
-		dso_cache__insert(&dso->data.cache, cache);
+		old = dso_cache__insert(dso, cache);
+		if (old) {
+			/* we lose the race */
+			free(cache);
+			cache = old;
+		}
 
 		ret = dso_cache__memcpy(cache, offset, data, size);
 
@@ -608,7 +628,7 @@ static ssize_t dso_cache_read(struct dso *dso, u64 offset,
 {
 	struct dso_cache *cache;
 
-	cache = dso_cache__find(&dso->data.cache, offset);
+	cache = dso_cache__find(dso, offset);
 	if (cache)
 		return dso_cache__memcpy(cache, offset, data, size);
 	else
@@ -964,7 +984,7 @@ void dso__delete(struct dso *dso)
 
 	dso__data_close(dso);
 	auxtrace_cache__free(dso->auxtrace_cache);
-	dso_cache__free(&dso->data.cache);
+	dso_cache__free(dso);
 	dso__free_a2l(dso);
 	zfree(&dso->symsrc_filename);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&dso->lock);