diff --git a/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor.erl b/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor.erl
index 204a34e46386..495fb4c74920 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor.erl
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ handle_call({init, Overall}, _From,
                            tx_fun             = TxFun,
                            initial_childspecs = ChildSpecs}) ->
     process_flag(trap_exit, true),
+    LockId = mirrored_supervisor_locks:lock(Group),
     ok = pg:join(Group, Overall),
     rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: initializing, overall supervisor ~p joined group ~p", [Overall, Group]),
     Rest = pg:get_members(Group) -- [Overall],
@@ -295,8 +296,9 @@ handle_call({init, Overall}, _From,
     Delegate = delegate(Overall),
     erlang:monitor(process, Delegate),
     State1 = State#state{overall = Overall, delegate = Delegate},
-    case errors([maybe_start(Group, TxFun, Overall, Delegate, S)
-                 || S <- ChildSpecs]) of
+    Results = [maybe_start(Group, TxFun, Overall, Delegate, S) || S <- ChildSpecs],
+    mirrored_supervisor_locks:unlock(LockId),
+    case errors(Results) of
         []     -> {reply, ok, State1};
         Errors -> {stop, {shutdown, Errors}, State1}
     end;
@@ -306,21 +308,24 @@ handle_call({start_child, ChildSpec}, _From,
                            delegate = Delegate,
                            group    = Group,
                            tx_fun   = TxFun}) ->
+    LockId = mirrored_supervisor_locks:lock(Group),
     rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: asked to consider starting a child, group: ~p", [Group]),
-    {reply, case maybe_start(Group, TxFun, Overall, Delegate, ChildSpec) of
-                already_in_mnesia        ->
-                    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
-                                     " overall ~p returned 'record already present'", [Group, Overall]),
-                    {error, already_present};
-                {already_in_mnesia, Pid} ->
-                    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
-                                     " overall ~p returned 'already running: ~p'", [Group, Overall, Pid]),
-                    {error, {already_started, Pid}};
-                Else                     ->
-                    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
-                                     " overall ~p returned ~p", [Group, Overall, Else]),
-                    Else
-            end, State};
+    Result = case maybe_start(Group, TxFun, Overall, Delegate, ChildSpec) of
+                 already_in_mnesia ->
+                     rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
+                                      " overall ~p returned 'record already present'", [Group, Overall]),
+                     {error, already_present};
+                 {already_in_mnesia, Pid} ->
+                     rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
+                                      " overall ~p returned 'already running: ~p'", [Group, Overall, Pid]),
+                     {error, {already_started, Pid}};
+                 Else ->
+                     rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: maybe_start for group ~p,"
+                                      " overall ~p returned ~p", [Group, Overall, Else]),
+                     Else
+             end,
+    mirrored_supervisor_locks:unlock(LockId),
+    {reply, Result, State};
 
 handle_call({delete_child, Id}, _From, State = #state{delegate = Delegate,
                                                       group    = Group,
@@ -457,11 +462,9 @@ delete(Group, Id) ->
     ok = mnesia:delete({?TABLE, {Group, Id}}).
 
 start(Delegate, ChildSpec) ->
-    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: asked to start with delegate: ~p, child spec: ~p", [Delegate, ChildSpec]),
     apply(?SUPERVISOR, start_child, [Delegate, ChildSpec]).
 
 stop(Group, TxFun, Delegate, Id) ->
-    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: asked to stop, group: ~p, child ID: ~p", [Group, Id]),
     try TxFun(fun() -> check_stop(Group, Delegate, Id) end) of
         deleted    -> apply(?SUPERVISOR, delete_child, [Delegate, Id]);
         running    -> {error, running}
@@ -470,8 +473,6 @@ stop(Group, TxFun, Delegate, Id) ->
     end.
 
 check_stop(Group, Delegate, Id) ->
-    rabbit_log:debug("Mirrored supervisor: checking if child ~p in group ~p should be stopped: ~p",
-                     [Id, Group, child(Delegate, Id)]),
     case child(Delegate, Id) of
         undefined -> delete(Group, Id),
                      deleted;
diff --git a/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor_locks.erl b/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor_locks.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc66a9eef3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/rabbit_common/src/mirrored_supervisor_locks.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+ %% This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+%% License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+%% file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2007-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
+%%
+
+-module(mirrored_supervisor_locks).
+
+-export([lock/1, unlock/1]).
+
+ -define(KEY_PREFIX, mirrored_supervisor).
+
+%%
+%% API
+%%
+
+lock(Group) ->
+    Nodes   = nodes(),
+    %% about 300s, same as rabbit_nodes:lock_retries/0 default
+    LockId  = case global:set_lock({?KEY_PREFIX, Group}, Nodes, 80) of
+        true  -> Group;
+        false -> undefined
+    end,
+    LockId.
+
+unlock(LockId) ->
+    Nodes = nodes(),
+    case LockId of
+        undefined -> ok;
+        Value     -> global:del_lock({?KEY_PREFIX, Value}, Nodes)
+    end,
+    ok.