diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
index 9111936b341..095a72904d4 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Scheduler::Scheduler(bool runthread, QMap<int, EncoderLink *> *tvList,
     recordTable(tmptable),
     priorityTable("powerpriority"),
     schedLock(),
-    m_queueLock(),
     reclist_changed(false),
     specsched(master_sched),
     schedulingEnabled(true),
@@ -1644,7 +1643,7 @@ void Scheduler::GetAllScheduled(QStringList &strList)
 
 void Scheduler::Reschedule(const QStringList &request)
 {
-    QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock);
+    QMutexLocker locker(&schedLock);
     reschedQueue.enqueue(request);
     reschedWait.wakeOne();
 }
@@ -1789,11 +1788,11 @@ void Scheduler::run(void)
     // wait for slaves to connect
     sleep(3);
 
+    QMutexLocker lockit(&schedLock);
+
     ClearRequestQueue();
     EnqueueMatch(0, 0, 0, QDateTime(), "SchedulerInit");
 
-    QMutexLocker lockit(&schedLock);
-
     int       prerollseconds  = 0;
     int       wakeThreshold   = 300;
     int       idleTimeoutSecs = 0;
@@ -2122,9 +2121,7 @@ bool Scheduler::HandleReschedule(void)
 
     while (HaveQueuedRequests())
     {
-        m_queueLock.lock();
         QStringList request = reschedQueue.dequeue();
-        m_queueLock.unlock();
         QStringList tokens;
         if (request.size() >= 1)
             tokens = request[0].split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
diff --git a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.h b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.h
index fedab8f77fd..605c81c2f33 100644
--- a/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.h
+++ b/mythtv/programs/mythbackend/scheduler.h
@@ -185,27 +185,21 @@ class Scheduler : public MThread, public MythScheduler
 
     void EnqueueMatch(uint recordid, uint sourceid, uint mplexid,
                       const QDateTime maxstarttime, const QString &why)
-    { QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock);
-      reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildMatchRequest(recordid,
-                                      sourceid, mplexid, maxstarttime, why)); };
+    { reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildMatchRequest(recordid,
+                                     sourceid, mplexid, maxstarttime, why)); };
     void EnqueueCheck(const RecordingInfo &recinfo, const QString &why)
-    { QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock);
-        reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildCheckRequest(recinfo,
-                                                                    why)); };
+    { reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildCheckRequest(recinfo,
+                                                                 why)); };
     void EnqueuePlace(const QString &why)
-    { QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock);
-      reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildPlaceRequest(why)); };
+    { reschedQueue.enqueue(ScheduledRecording::BuildPlaceRequest(why)); };
 
     bool HaveQueuedRequests(void)
-    {  QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock); return !reschedQueue.empty(); };
+    { return !reschedQueue.empty(); };
     void ClearRequestQueue(void)
-    {  QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueLock); reschedQueue.clear(); };
-
-    
+    { reschedQueue.clear(); };
 
     MythDeque<QStringList> reschedQueue;
     mutable QMutex schedLock;
-    mutable QMutex m_queueLock;
     QMutex recordmatchLock;
     QWaitCondition reschedWait;
     RecList reclist;