diff --git a/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp b/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
index 1eeb9b2c0188..7ff2f16a2282 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_kernel.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ int rust_kernel::start_task_threads()
 
 rust_task *
 rust_kernel::create_task(rust_task *spawner, const char *name) {
-    return threads[rand(&rctx) % num_threads]->create_task(spawner, name);
+    rust_scheduler *thread = threads[rand(&rctx) % num_threads];
+    scoped_lock with(thread->lock);
+    return thread->create_task(spawner, name);
 }
 
 void rust_kernel::wakeup_schedulers() {
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
index 048be072e12e..57512fd8c2ae 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ extern "C" CDECL rust_task *
 upcall_new_task(rust_task *spawner, rust_vec *name) {
     // name is a rust string structure.
     LOG_UPCALL_ENTRY(spawner);
-    scoped_lock with(spawner->sched->lock);
     rust_task *task =
         spawner->kernel->create_task(spawner, (const char *)name->data);
     task->ref();