diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index cccb99bd..38b9086f 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -1222,13 +1222,26 @@ void Profiler::ClearQueues( moodycamel::ConsumerToken& token )
         for( size_t i=0; i<sz; i++ ) FreeAssociatedMemory( m_itemBuf[i] );
     }
 
-    std::lock_guard<TracyMutex> lock( m_serialLock );
+    {
+        bool lockHeld = true;
+        while( !m_serialLock.try_lock() )
+        {
+            if( m_shutdownManual.load( std::memory_order_relaxed ) )
+            {
+                lockHeld = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        for( auto& v : m_serialQueue ) FreeAssociatedMemory( v );
+        m_serialQueue.clear();
+        if( lockHeld )
+        {
+            m_serialLock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
 
     for( auto& v : m_serialDequeue ) FreeAssociatedMemory( v );
     m_serialDequeue.clear();
-
-    for( auto& v : m_serialQueue ) FreeAssociatedMemory( v );
-    m_serialQueue.clear();
 }
 
 Profiler::DequeueStatus Profiler::Dequeue( moodycamel::ConsumerToken& token )