diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/quota/projectquota.go b/daemon/graphdriver/quota/projectquota.go
index fbd53085c9..d720ac78db 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/quota/projectquota.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/quota/projectquota.go
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ func NewControl(basePath string) (*Control, error) {
 // SetQuota - assign a unique project id to directory and set the quota limits
 // for that project id
 func (q *Control) SetQuota(targetPath string, quota Quota) error {
-
+	q.RLock()
 	projectID, ok := q.quotas[targetPath]
+	q.RUnlock()
 	if !ok {
+		q.Lock()
 		projectID = q.nextProjectID
 
 		//
@@ -163,11 +165,12 @@ func (q *Control) SetQuota(targetPath string, quota Quota) error {
 		//
 		err := setProjectID(targetPath, projectID)
 		if err != nil {
+			q.Unlock()
 			return err
 		}
-
 		q.quotas[targetPath] = projectID
 		q.nextProjectID++
+		q.Unlock()
 	}
 
 	//
@@ -204,8 +207,9 @@ func setProjectQuota(backingFsBlockDev string, projectID uint32, quota Quota) er
 
 // GetQuota - get the quota limits of a directory that was configured with SetQuota
 func (q *Control) GetQuota(targetPath string, quota *Quota) error {
-
+	q.RLock()
 	projectID, ok := q.quotas[targetPath]
+	q.RUnlock()
 	if !ok {
 		return errors.Errorf("quota not found for path: %s", targetPath)
 	}
@@ -276,6 +280,8 @@ func setProjectID(targetPath string, projectID uint32) error {
 // findNextProjectID - find the next project id to be used for containers
 // by scanning driver home directory to find used project ids
 func (q *Control) findNextProjectID(home string) error {
+	q.Lock()
+	defer q.Unlock()
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(home)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Errorf("read directory failed: %s", home)
diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/quota/types.go b/daemon/graphdriver/quota/types.go
index 90f71520a7..036c3249a1 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/quota/types.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/quota/types.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 package quota // import "github.com/docker/docker/daemon/graphdriver/quota"
 
+import "sync"
+
 // Quota limit params - currently we only control blocks hard limit
 type Quota struct {
 	Size uint64
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ type Quota struct {
 // who wants to apply project quotas to container dirs
 type Control struct {
 	backingFsBlockDev string
+	sync.RWMutex      // protect nextProjectID and quotas map
 	nextProjectID     uint32
 	quotas            map[string]uint32
 }