diff --git a/src/components/bar.cpp b/src/components/bar.cpp
index b38c7e87..8e6fd086 100644
--- a/src/components/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/components/bar.cpp
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ void bar::reconfigure_window() {
  * Used to map mouse clicks to bar actions
  */
 void bar::handle(const evt::button_press& evt) {
+  if (!m_mutex.try_lock()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_mutex, std::adopt_lock);
 
   m_log.trace_x("bar: Received button press: %i at pos(%i, %i)", evt->detail, evt->event_x, evt->event_y);