diff --git a/server/channels/app/platform/service.go b/server/channels/app/platform/service.go
index 1366fb6e40..aa58cb2a76 100644
--- a/server/channels/app/platform/service.go
+++ b/server/channels/app/platform/service.go
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ type PlatformService struct {
 	goroutineBuffered   chan struct{}
 
 	additionalClusterHandlers map[model.ClusterEvent]einterfaces.ClusterMessageHandler
-	sharedChannelService      SharedChannelServiceIFace
+
+	shareChannelServiceMux sync.RWMutex
+	sharedChannelService   SharedChannelServiceIFace
 
 	pluginEnv HookRunner
 }
@@ -471,9 +473,17 @@ func (ps *PlatformService) SetSqlStore(s *sqlstore.SqlStore) {
 }
 
 func (ps *PlatformService) SetSharedChannelService(s SharedChannelServiceIFace) {
+	ps.shareChannelServiceMux.Lock()
+	defer ps.shareChannelServiceMux.Unlock()
 	ps.sharedChannelService = s
 }
 
+func (ps *PlatformService) GetSharedChannelService() SharedChannelServiceIFace {
+	ps.shareChannelServiceMux.RLock()
+	defer ps.shareChannelServiceMux.RUnlock()
+	return ps.sharedChannelService
+}
+
 func (ps *PlatformService) SetPluginsEnvironment(runner HookRunner) {
 	ps.pluginEnv = runner
 }
diff --git a/server/channels/app/platform/shared_channel_notifier.go b/server/channels/app/platform/shared_channel_notifier.go
index fcf24e417a..1ae93e2c0a 100644
--- a/server/channels/app/platform/shared_channel_notifier.go
+++ b/server/channels/app/platform/shared_channel_notifier.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var sharedChannelEventsForInvitation = []model.WebsocketEventType{
 // Only on the leader node it will notify the sync service to perform necessary updates to the remote for the given
 // shared channel.
 func (ps *PlatformService) SharedChannelSyncHandler(event *model.WebSocketEvent) {
-	syncService := ps.sharedChannelService
+	syncService := ps.GetSharedChannelService()
 	if syncService == nil {
 		return
 	}