diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
index cced864ac5..ce31b64b7e 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_limit/mod_limit.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static switch_status_t hash_state_handler(switch_core_session_t *session)
 	/* The call is either hung up, or is going back into the dialplan, decrement appropriate couters */
 	if (state == CS_HANGUP || state == CS_ROUTING) {	
 		switch_hash_index_t *hi;
-		switch_mutex_lock(globals.mutex);
+		switch_mutex_lock(globals.limit_hash_mutex);
 
 		/* Loop through the channel's hashtable which contains mapping to all the limit_hash_item_t referenced by that channel */
 		for(hi = switch_hash_first(NULL, channel_hash); hi; hi = switch_hash_next(hi))