diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelOverlapMeasuresImageFilter.hxx b/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelOverlapMeasuresImageFilter.hxx
index f5ee24198e6..afe2affa553 100644
--- a/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelOverlapMeasuresImageFilter.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelOverlapMeasuresImageFilter.hxx
@@ -120,28 +120,23 @@ LabelOverlapMeasuresImageFilter<TLabelImage>::ThreadedStreamedGenerateData(const
   // local copy, this thread may do multiple merges.
   while (true)
   {
-
+    MapType tomerge{};
     {
-      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m_Mutex);
+      const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(m_Mutex);
 
       if (m_LabelSetMeasures.empty())
       {
         swap(m_LabelSetMeasures, localStatistics);
         break;
       }
-      else
-      {
-        // copy the output map to thread local storage
-        MapType tomerge;
-        swap(m_LabelSetMeasures, tomerge);
 
-        // allow other threads to merge data
-        lock.unlock();
+      // Move the data of the output map to the local `tomerge` and clear the output map.
+      swap(m_LabelSetMeasures, tomerge);
 
-        // Merge tomerge into localStatistics, locally
-        MergeMap(localStatistics, tomerge);
-      }
-    } // release lock
+    } // release lock, allow other threads to merge data
+
+    // Merge tomerge into localStatistics, locally
+    MergeMap(localStatistics, tomerge);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelStatisticsImageFilter.hxx b/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelStatisticsImageFilter.hxx
index 2283817b31a..807dd227652 100644
--- a/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelStatisticsImageFilter.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/ImageStatistics/include/itkLabelStatisticsImageFilter.hxx
@@ -257,28 +257,23 @@ LabelStatisticsImageFilter<TInputImage, TLabelImage>::ThreadedStreamedGenerateDa
   // local copy, this thread may do multiple merges.
   while (true)
   {
-
+    MapType tomerge{};
     {
-      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m_Mutex);
+      const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(m_Mutex);
 
       if (m_LabelStatistics.empty())
       {
         swap(m_LabelStatistics, localStatistics);
         break;
       }
-      else
-      {
-        // copy the output map to thread local storage
-        MapType tomerge;
-        swap(m_LabelStatistics, tomerge);
 
-        // allow other threads to merge data
-        lock.unlock();
+      // Move the data of the output map to the local `tomerge` and clear the output map.
+      swap(m_LabelStatistics, tomerge);
 
-        // Merge tomerge into localStatistics, locally
-        MergeMap(localStatistics, tomerge);
-      }
-    } // release lock
+    } // release lock, allow other threads to merge data
+
+    // Merge tomerge into localStatistics, locally
+    MergeMap(localStatistics, tomerge);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/ConnectedComponents/include/itkRelabelComponentImageFilter.hxx b/Modules/Segmentation/ConnectedComponents/include/itkRelabelComponentImageFilter.hxx
index 4b85037a920..c7888856d92 100644
--- a/Modules/Segmentation/ConnectedComponents/include/itkRelabelComponentImageFilter.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/ConnectedComponents/include/itkRelabelComponentImageFilter.hxx
@@ -96,29 +96,27 @@ RelabelComponentImageFilter<TInputImage, TOutputImage>::ParallelComputeLabels(co
   // local copy, this thread may do multiple merges.
   while (true)
   {
-    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m_Mutex);
-
-    if (m_SizeMap.empty())
-    {
-      swap(m_SizeMap, localSizeMap);
-      break;
-    }
-    else
+    MapType toMerge{};
     {
-      // copy the output map to thread local storage
-      MapType toMerge;
-      swap(m_SizeMap, toMerge);
-
-      // allow other threads to merge data
-      lock.unlock();
+      const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(m_Mutex);
 
-      // Merge toMerge into localSizeMap, locally
-      for (auto & sizePair : toMerge)
+      if (m_SizeMap.empty())
       {
-        localSizeMap[sizePair.first] += sizePair.second;
+        swap(m_SizeMap, localSizeMap);
+        break;
       }
+
+      // Move the data of the output map to the local `toMerge` and clear the output map.
+      swap(m_SizeMap, toMerge);
+
+    } // release lock, allow other threads to merge data
+
+    // Merge toMerge into localSizeMap, locally
+    for (auto & sizePair : toMerge)
+    {
+      localSizeMap[sizePair.first] += sizePair.second;
     }
-  } // release lock
+  }
 }