diff --git a/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System.Net.Sockets.csproj b/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System.Net.Sockets.csproj
index 42b29461aaad..752e3dc50f33 100644
--- a/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System.Net.Sockets.csproj
+++ b/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System.Net.Sockets.csproj
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Primitives" />
     <Reference Include="System.Buffers" />
     <Reference Include="System.Collections" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Collections.Concurrent" />
     <Reference Include="System.Diagnostics.Debug" />
     <Reference Include="System.Diagnostics.Tracing" />
     <Reference Include="System.IO.FileSystem" />
diff --git a/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs b/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
index 20281ac752b4..c893e798819f 100644
--- a/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/SocketAsyncEngine.Unix.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ public bool TryRegister(SafeSocketHandle socket, out Interop.Error error)
 
         //
         // Maps handle values to SocketAsyncContext instances.
-        // Must be accessed under s_lock.
         //
-        private readonly Dictionary<IntPtr, SocketAsyncContext> _handleToContextMap = new Dictionary<IntPtr, SocketAsyncContext>();
+        private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<IntPtr, SocketAsyncContext> _handleToContextMap = new ConcurrentDictionary<IntPtr, SocketAsyncContext>();
 
         //
         // True if we've reached the handle value limit for this event port, and thus must allocate a new event port
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ private IntPtr AllocateHandle(SocketAsyncContext context)
             Debug.Assert(!IsFull, "Expected !IsFull");
 
             IntPtr handle = _nextHandle;
-            _handleToContextMap.Add(handle, context);
+            _handleToContextMap.TryAdd(handle, context);
 
             _nextHandle = IntPtr.Add(_nextHandle, 1);
             _outstandingHandles = IntPtr.Add(_outstandingHandles, 1);
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ private void FreeHandle(IntPtr handle)
 
             lock (s_lock)
             {
-                if (_handleToContextMap.Remove(handle))
+                if (_handleToContextMap.TryRemove(handle, out _))
                 {
                     _outstandingHandles = IntPtr.Subtract(_outstandingHandles, 1);
                     Debug.Assert(_outstandingHandles.ToInt64() >= 0, $"Unexpected _outstandingHandles: {_outstandingHandles}");
@@ -235,18 +234,6 @@ private void FreeHandle(IntPtr handle)
             }
         }
 
-        private SocketAsyncContext GetContextFromHandle(IntPtr handle)
-        {
-            Debug.Assert(handle != ShutdownHandle, $"Expected handle != ShutdownHandle: {handle}");
-            Debug.Assert(handle.ToInt64() < MaxHandles.ToInt64(), $"Unexpected values: handle={handle}, MaxHandles={MaxHandles}");
-            lock (s_lock)
-            {
-                SocketAsyncContext context;
-                _handleToContextMap.TryGetValue(handle, out context);
-                return context;
-            }
-        }
-
         private SocketAsyncEngine()
         {
             _port = (IntPtr)(-1);
@@ -339,7 +326,8 @@ private void EventLoop()
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            SocketAsyncContext context = GetContextFromHandle(handle);
+                            Debug.Assert(handle.ToInt64() < MaxHandles.ToInt64(), $"Unexpected values: handle={handle}, MaxHandles={MaxHandles}");
+                            _handleToContextMap.TryGetValue(handle, out SocketAsyncContext context);
                             if (context != null)
                             {
                                 context.HandleEvents(_buffer[i].Events);