diff --git a/beast/insight/impl/StatsDCollector.cpp b/beast/insight/impl/StatsDCollector.cpp
index 9d6d58644..cc93689e9 100644
--- a/beast/insight/impl/StatsDCollector.cpp
+++ b/beast/insight/impl/StatsDCollector.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ private:
     std::string m_prefix;
     boost::asio::io_service m_io_service;
     boost::optional <boost::asio::io_service::work> m_work;
+    boost::asio::io_service::strand m_strand;
     boost::asio::deadline_timer m_timer;
     boost::asio::ip::udp::socket m_socket;
     std::deque <std::string> m_data;
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ public:
         , m_address (address)
         , m_prefix (prefix)
         , m_work (std::ref (m_io_service))
+        , m_strand (m_io_service)
         , m_timer (m_io_service)
         , m_socket (m_io_service)
         , m_thread (&StatsDCollectorImp::run, this)
@@ -315,9 +317,9 @@ public:
 
     void post_buffer (std::string&& buffer)
     {
-        m_io_service.dispatch (std::bind (
+        m_io_service.dispatch (m_strand.wrap (std::bind (
             &StatsDCollectorImp::do_post_buffer, this,
-                std::move (buffer)));
+                std::move (buffer))));
     }
 
     void on_send (boost::system::error_code ec, std::size_t)
@@ -359,12 +361,10 @@ public:
         std::vector <boost::asio::const_buffer> buffers;
         buffers.reserve (m_data.size ());
         std::size_t size (0);
-        for (std::deque <std::string>::const_iterator iter (m_data.begin());
-            iter != m_data.end(); ++iter)
+        for (auto const& s : m_data)
         {
-            std::string const& buffer (*iter);
-            std::size_t const length (buffer.size ());
-            assert (! buffer.empty ());
+            std::size_t const length (s.size ());
+            assert (! s.empty ());
             if (! buffers.empty () && (size + length) > max_packet_size)
             {
 #if BEAST_STATSDCOLLECTOR_TRACING_ENABLED
@@ -377,9 +377,11 @@ public:
                 buffers.clear ();
                 size = 0;
             }
-            buffers.emplace_back (&buffer[0], length);
+
+            buffers.emplace_back (&s[0], length);
             size += length;
         }
+
         if (! buffers.empty ())
         {
 #if BEAST_STATSDCOLLECTOR_TRACING_ENABLED