diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
index ab4184202f..dc6dc8dd46 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ type system struct {
 
 	reapOffsets map[string]int64
 
-	currentState State
+	currentStateMutex sync.Mutex
+	currentState      State
 }
 
 func NewSystem(config Config) (System, error) {
@@ -484,6 +485,8 @@ func (s *system) initMetrics() {
 }
 
 func (s *system) GetCurrentState() State {
+	s.currentStateMutex.Lock()
+	defer s.currentStateMutex.Unlock()
 	return s.currentState
 }
 
@@ -652,7 +655,10 @@ func (s *system) runStateMachine(cur stateMachineNode) error {
 			panic("unexpected transaction")
 		}
 
+		s.currentStateMutex.Lock()
 		s.currentState = cur.GetState()
+		s.currentStateMutex.Unlock()
+
 		next, err := cur.run(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger := log.WithFields(logpkg.F{