diff --git a/Kernel/Lock.h b/Kernel/Lock.h
index c91c13faeb..3b26cd14b2 100644
--- a/Kernel/Lock.h
+++ b/Kernel/Lock.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public:
 
     void lock();
     void unlock();
+    bool unlock_if_locked();
 
     const char* name() const { return m_name; }
 
@@ -90,6 +91,32 @@ inline void Lock::unlock()
     }
 }
 
+inline bool Lock::unlock_if_locked()
+{
+    for (;;) {
+        if (CAS(&m_lock, 1, 0) == 0) {
+            if (m_level == 0) {
+                memory_barrier();
+                m_lock = 0;
+                return false;
+            }
+            ASSERT(m_holder == current);
+            ASSERT(m_level);
+            --m_level;
+            if (m_level) {
+                memory_barrier();
+                m_lock = 0;
+                return false;
+            }
+            m_holder = nullptr;
+            memory_barrier();
+            m_lock = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+        Scheduler::donate_to(m_holder, m_name);
+    }
+}
+
 #define LOCKER(lock) Locker locker(lock)
 
 template<typename T>
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index 6df7a1e2db..e4445667bd 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ Process::Process(String&& name, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, pid_t ppid, RingLevel ring
     , m_executable(move(executable))
     , m_tty(tty)
     , m_ppid(ppid)
+    , m_big_lock("Big Process Lock")
 {
     dbgprintf("Process: New process PID=%u with name=%s\n", m_pid, m_name.characters());
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index cc15c1c251..826bcd194f 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ public:
 
     int thread_count() const;
 
+    Lock& big_lock() { return m_big_lock; }
+
 private:
     friend class MemoryManager;
     friend class Scheduler;
@@ -315,6 +317,8 @@ private:
     bool m_dead { false };
 
     int m_next_tid { 0 };
+
+    Lock m_big_lock;
 };
 
 class ProcessInspectionHandle {
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
index abce43a6c2..3b91202739 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscall.cpp
@@ -252,10 +252,12 @@ static dword handle(RegisterDump& regs, dword function, dword arg1, dword arg2,
 
 void syscall_trap_entry(RegisterDump& regs)
 {
+    current->process().big_lock().lock();
     dword function = regs.eax;
     dword arg1 = regs.edx;
     dword arg2 = regs.ecx;
     dword arg3 = regs.ebx;
     regs.eax = Syscall::handle(regs, function, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+    current->process().big_lock().unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/Kernel/Thread.cpp b/Kernel/Thread.cpp
index 0e649106b3..038abfacef 100644
--- a/Kernel/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Thread.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void Thread::snooze_until(Alarm& alarm)
 
 void Thread::block(Thread::State new_state)
 {
+    bool did_unlock = process().big_lock().unlock_if_locked();
     if (state() != Thread::Running) {
         kprintf("Thread::block: %s(%u) block(%u/%s) with state=%u/%s\n", process().name().characters(), process().pid(), new_state, to_string(new_state), state(), to_string(state()));
     }
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ void Thread::block(Thread::State new_state)
     m_was_interrupted_while_blocked = false;
     set_state(new_state);
     Scheduler::yield();
+    if (did_unlock)
+        process().big_lock().lock();
 }
 
 void Thread::sleep(dword ticks)