diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCServer.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCServer.cpp
index 206da1773c..4290f06724 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCServer.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCServer.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void RPCServer::handle_read_line (const boost::system::error_code& e)
     {
         // request with no body
         WriteLog (lsWARNING, RPCServer) << "RPC HTTP request with no body";
-        mSocket.async_shutdown (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error));
+        mSocket.async_shutdown (mStrand.wrap (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error)));
         return;
     }
     else if (action == haREAD_LINE)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void RPCServer::handle_read_line (const boost::system::error_code& e)
         if ((rLen < 0) || (rLen > RPC_MAXIMUM_QUERY))
         {
             WriteLog (lsWARNING, RPCServer) << "Illegal RPC request length " << rLen;
-            mSocket.async_shutdown (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error));
+            mSocket.async_shutdown (mStrand.wrap (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error)));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void RPCServer::handle_read_line (const boost::system::error_code& e)
         }
     }
     else
-        mSocket.async_shutdown (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error));
+        mSocket.async_shutdown (mStrand.wrap (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error)));
 }
 
 std::string RPCServer::handleRequest (const std::string& requestStr)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void RPCServer::handle_write (const boost::system::error_code& e)
         HTTPRequestAction action = mHTTPRequest.requestDone (false);
 
         if (action == haCLOSE_CONN)
-            mSocket.async_shutdown (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error));
+            mSocket.async_shutdown (mStrand.wrap (boost::bind (&RPCServer::handle_shutdown, shared_from_this(), boost::asio::placeholders::error)));
         else
         {
             boost::asio::async_read_until (mSocket, mLineBuffer, "\r\n",