diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/pg_controldata.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/pg_controldata.c
index 209a20a882..d84606bc9e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/pg_controldata.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/pg_controldata.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "common/controldata_utils.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "storage/lwlock.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/pg_lsn.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ pg_control_system(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	tupdesc = BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);
 
 	/* read the control file */
+	LWLockAcquire(ControlFileLock, LW_SHARED);
 	ControlFile = get_controlfile(DataDir, &crc_ok);
+	LWLockRelease(ControlFileLock);
 	if (!crc_ok)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errmsg("calculated CRC checksum does not match value stored in file")));
@@ -132,7 +135,9 @@ pg_control_checkpoint(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	tupdesc = BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);
 
 	/* Read the control file. */
+	LWLockAcquire(ControlFileLock, LW_SHARED);
 	ControlFile = get_controlfile(DataDir, &crc_ok);
+	LWLockRelease(ControlFileLock);
 	if (!crc_ok)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errmsg("calculated CRC checksum does not match value stored in file")));
@@ -235,7 +240,9 @@ pg_control_recovery(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	tupdesc = BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);
 
 	/* read the control file */
+	LWLockAcquire(ControlFileLock, LW_SHARED);
 	ControlFile = get_controlfile(DataDir, &crc_ok);
+	LWLockRelease(ControlFileLock);
 	if (!crc_ok)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errmsg("calculated CRC checksum does not match value stored in file")));
@@ -300,7 +307,9 @@ pg_control_init(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	tupdesc = BlessTupleDesc(tupdesc);
 
 	/* read the control file */
+	LWLockAcquire(ControlFileLock, LW_SHARED);
 	ControlFile = get_controlfile(DataDir, &crc_ok);
+	LWLockRelease(ControlFileLock);
 	if (!crc_ok)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errmsg("calculated CRC checksum does not match value stored in file")));