diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/blockqueue.go b/cmd/syncthing/blockqueue.go
index 674946880..b13ac980b 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/blockqueue.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/blockqueue.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
-import "github.com/calmh/syncthing/scanner"
+import (
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"github.com/calmh/syncthing/scanner"
+)
 
 type bqAdd struct {
 	file scanner.File
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ type blockQueue struct {
 	outbox chan bqBlock
 
 	queued []bqBlock
+	qlen   uint32
 }
 
 func newBlockQueue() *blockQueue {
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ func (q *blockQueue) run() {
 				q.queued = q.queued[1:]
 			}
 		}
+		atomic.StoreUint32(&q.qlen, uint32(len(q.queued)))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ func (q *blockQueue) get() bqBlock {
 }
 
 func (q *blockQueue) empty() bool {
-	// There is a race condition here. We're only mostly sure the queue is empty if the expression below is true.
-	return len(q.queued) == 0 && len(q.inbox) == 0 && len(q.outbox) == 0
+	var l uint32
+	atomic.LoadUint32(&l)
+	return l == 0
 }
diff --git a/files/set.go b/files/set.go
index 4f3e71e80..88b132344 100644
--- a/files/set.go
+++ b/files/set.go
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ func (m *Set) Need(id uint) []scanner.File {
 	if debug {
 		dlog.Printf("Need(%d)", id)
 	}
-	var fs = make([]scanner.File, 0, len(m.globalKey)/2) // Just a guess, but avoids too many reallocations
 	m.Lock()
+	var fs = make([]scanner.File, 0, len(m.globalKey)/2) // Just a guess, but avoids too many reallocations
 	rkID := m.remoteKey[id]
 	for gk, gf := range m.files {
 		if !gf.Global {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ func (m *Set) Global() []scanner.File {
 	if debug {
 		dlog.Printf("Global()")
 	}
-	var fs = make([]scanner.File, 0, len(m.globalKey))
 	m.Lock()
+	var fs = make([]scanner.File, 0, len(m.globalKey))
 	for _, file := range m.files {
 		if file.Global {
 			fs = append(fs, file.File)