diff --git a/src/mon/Monitor.cc b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
index 3c06dc2610b99..c2d62ed94aa4e 100644
--- a/src/mon/Monitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
@@ -550,11 +550,19 @@ void Monitor::handle_conf_change(const ConfigProxy& conf,
   if (changed.count("mon_health_to_clog") ||
       changed.count("mon_health_to_clog_interval") ||
       changed.count("mon_health_to_clog_tick_interval")) {
-    health_to_clog_update_conf(changed);
+    std::set<std::string> c2(changed);
+    finisher.queue(new C_MonContext(this, [this, c2](int) {
+      Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+      health_to_clog_update_conf(c2);
+    }));
   }
 
   if (changed.count("mon_scrub_interval")) {
-    scrub_update_interval(conf->mon_scrub_interval);
+    int scrub_interval = conf->mon_scrub_interval;
+    finisher.queue(new C_MonContext(this, [this, scrub_interval](int) {
+      Mutex::Locker l(lock);
+      scrub_update_interval(scrub_interval);
+    }));
   }
 }