diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_server.c b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_server.c
index 7fedd97e8a..89f749518b 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_server.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_server.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ cm_PingServer(cm_server_t *tsp)
             cm_volume_t * volp;
             int i;
 
+            lock_ReleaseMutex(&tsp->mx);
             for (tsrvp = tsp->vols; tsrvp; tsrvp = tsrvp->nextp) {
                 for (i=0; i<NUM_SERVER_VOLS; i++) {
                     if (tsrvp->ids[i] != 0) {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ cm_PingServer(cm_server_t *tsp)
                     }
                 }
             }
+            lock_ObtainMutex(&tsp->mx);
         }
     } else {
 	/* mark server as down */
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ cm_PingServer(cm_server_t *tsp)
             cm_volume_t * volp;
             int i;
 
+            lock_ReleaseMutex(&tsp->mx);
             for (tsrvp = tsp->vols; tsrvp; tsrvp = tsrvp->nextp) {
                 for (i=0; i<NUM_SERVER_VOLS; i++) {
                     if (tsrvp->ids[i] != 0) {
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ cm_PingServer(cm_server_t *tsp)
                     }
                 }
             }
+            lock_ObtainMutex(&tsp->mx);
         }
     }