diff --git a/AK/Lock.h b/AK/Lock.h
index e4a0a77daa..3bcdf32bc1 100644
--- a/AK/Lock.h
+++ b/AK/Lock.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ public:
         m_lock = 0;
     }
 
+    void init()
+    {
+        m_lock = 0;
+    }
+
 private:
     volatile dword m_lock { 0 };
 };
diff --git a/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp b/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
index 09982e2e47..b142a3f60e 100644
--- a/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/kmalloc.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "VGA.h"
 #include "system.h"
 #include "Assertions.h"
+#include <AK/Lock.h>
 
 #define SANITIZE_KMALLOC
 
@@ -29,9 +30,12 @@ PRIVATE BYTE alloc_map[POOL_SIZE / CHUNK_SIZE / 8];
 DWORD sum_alloc = 0;
 DWORD sum_free = POOL_SIZE;
 
+static SpinLock s_kmallocLock;
+
 PUBLIC void
 kmalloc_init()
 {
+    s_kmallocLock.init();
     memset( &alloc_map, 0, sizeof(alloc_map) );
     memset( (void *)BASE_PHYS, 0, POOL_SIZE );
 
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ kmalloc_init()
 PUBLIC void *
 kmalloc( DWORD size )
 {
+    Locker locker(s_kmallocLock);
+
     DWORD chunks_needed, chunks_here, first_chunk;
     DWORD real_size;
     DWORD i, j, k;
@@ -117,6 +123,8 @@ kfree( void *ptr )
     if( !ptr )
         return;
 
+    Locker locker(s_kmallocLock);
+
     allocation_t *a = (allocation_t *)((((BYTE *)ptr) - sizeof(allocation_t)));
 
 #if 0