diff --git a/ethstats/ethstats.go b/ethstats/ethstats.go
index b60ac56eabce..f5916e0f2b14 100644
--- a/ethstats/ethstats.go
+++ b/ethstats/ethstats.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ type Service struct {
 
 	pongCh chan struct{} // Pong notifications are fed into this channel
 	histCh chan []uint64 // History request block numbers are fed into this channel
+
+	connMu sync.Mutex // Mutex to prevent concurrent write on the websocket connection
 }
 
 // New returns a monitoring service ready for stats reporting.
@@ -306,10 +309,13 @@ func (s *Service) readLoop(conn *websocket.Conn) {
 		// If the network packet is a system ping, respond to it directly
 		var ping string
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(blob, &ping); err == nil && strings.HasPrefix(ping, "primus::ping::") {
+			s.connMu.Lock()
 			if err := conn.WriteJSON(strings.Replace(ping, "ping", "pong", -1)); err != nil {
+				s.connMu.Unlock()
 				log.Warn("Failed to respond to system ping message", "err", err)
 				return
 			}
+			s.connMu.Unlock()
 			continue
 		}
 		// Not a system ping, try to decode an actual state message
@@ -432,6 +438,8 @@ func (s *Service) login(conn *websocket.Conn) error {
 	login := map[string][]interface{}{
 		"emit": {"hello", auth},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Lock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	if err := conn.WriteJSON(login); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -474,6 +482,8 @@ func (s *Service) reportLatency(conn *websocket.Conn) error {
 			"clientTime": start.String(),
 		}},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Lock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	if err := conn.WriteJSON(ping); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -547,6 +557,8 @@ func (s *Service) reportBlock(conn *websocket.Conn, block *types.Block) error {
 	report := map[string][]interface{}{
 		"emit": {"block", stats},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Lock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	return conn.WriteJSON(report)
 }
 
@@ -661,6 +673,8 @@ func (s *Service) reportHistory(conn *websocket.Conn, list []uint64) error {
 	report := map[string][]interface{}{
 		"emit": {"history", stats},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Unlock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	return conn.WriteJSON(report)
 }
 
@@ -691,6 +705,8 @@ func (s *Service) reportPending(conn *websocket.Conn) error {
 	report := map[string][]interface{}{
 		"emit": {"pending", stats},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Lock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	return conn.WriteJSON(report)
 }
 
@@ -746,5 +762,7 @@ func (s *Service) reportStats(conn *websocket.Conn) error {
 	report := map[string][]interface{}{
 		"emit": {"stats", stats},
 	}
+	s.connMu.Lock()
+	defer s.connMu.Unlock()
 	return conn.WriteJSON(report)
 }