diff --git a/utils/dbutil/threads/pool.go b/utils/dbutil/threads/pool.go
index e1511773d..e1586c851 100644
--- a/utils/dbutil/threads/pool.go
+++ b/utils/dbutil/threads/pool.go
@@ -1,63 +1,70 @@
 package threads
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"runtime/debug"
-	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
 const GoroutinesPerThread = 0.8
 
 // threadPool counts threads in use
 type ThreadPool struct {
-	mu   sync.Mutex
-	cap  int
-	left int
+	cap  int32
+	left int32
 }
 
 var GlobalPool ThreadPool
 
 // init ThreadPool only on demand to give time to other packages
-// call debug.SetMaxThreads() if they need
+// call debug.SetMaxThreads() if they need.
+// Note: in datarace case the other participants will see no free threads but
+// enough capacity. It's ok.
 func (p *ThreadPool) init() {
-	if p.cap == 0 {
-		p.cap = int(getMaxThreads() * GoroutinesPerThread)
-		p.left = p.cap
+	initialized := !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&p.cap, 0, math.MaxInt32)
+	if initialized {
+		return
 	}
+	cap := int32(getMaxThreads() * GoroutinesPerThread)
+	atomic.StoreInt32(&p.left, cap)
+	atomic.StoreInt32(&p.cap, cap)
 }
 
-// Capacity of pool
+// Capacity of pool.
+// Note: first call may return greater value than nexts. Don't cache it.
 func (p *ThreadPool) Cap() int {
-	if p.cap == 0 {
-		p.mu.Lock()
-		defer p.mu.Unlock()
-		p.init()
-	}
-	return p.cap
+	p.init()
+	cap := atomic.LoadInt32(&p.cap)
+	return int(cap)
 }
 
 func (p *ThreadPool) Lock(want int) (got int, release func(count int)) {
-	p.mu.Lock()
-	defer p.mu.Unlock()
-
 	p.init()
 
-	if want < 1 {
+	if want < 0 {
 		want = 0
 	}
+	if want > math.MaxInt32 {
+		want = math.MaxInt32
+	}
 
-	got = min(p.left, want)
-	p.left -= got
+	left := atomic.AddInt32(&p.left, -int32(want))
+	got = want
+	if left < 0 {
+		if left < -int32(got) {
+			left = -int32(got)
+		}
+		atomic.AddInt32(&p.left, -left)
+		got += int(left)
+	}
 
 	release = func(count int) {
-		p.mu.Lock()
-		defer p.mu.Unlock()
-
 		if 0 > count || count > got {
 			count = got
 		}
 
 		got -= count
-		p.left += count
+		atomic.AddInt32(&p.left, int32(count))
 	}
 
 	return
@@ -68,10 +75,3 @@ func getMaxThreads() float64 {
 	debug.SetMaxThreads(was)
 	return float64(was)
 }
-
-func min(a, b int) int {
-	if a < b {
-		return a
-	}
-	return b
-}