diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 75889f7ed..394860cfc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ver 0.20.14 (not yet released)
 * database
   - simple: fix file corruption in the presence of mount points
+* archive
+  - bz2: fix deadlock
 * fix Solaris build failure
 
 ver 0.20.13 (2017/12/18)
diff --git a/src/archive/plugins/Bzip2ArchivePlugin.cxx b/src/archive/plugins/Bzip2ArchivePlugin.cxx
index 3dc0b51c3..04597e2a2 100644
--- a/src/archive/plugins/Bzip2ArchivePlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/archive/plugins/Bzip2ArchivePlugin.cxx
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Bzip2InputStream::FillBuffer()
 	if (bzstream.avail_in > 0)
 		return true;
 
-	size_t count = archive->istream->Read(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+	size_t count = archive->istream->LockRead(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 	if (count == 0)
 		return false;
 
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ Bzip2InputStream::FillBuffer()
 size_t
 Bzip2InputStream::Read(void *ptr, size_t length)
 {
+	const ScopeUnlock unlock(mutex);
+
 	int bz_result;
 	size_t nbytes = 0;
 
@@ -224,4 +226,3 @@ const ArchivePlugin bz2_archive_plugin = {
 	bz2_open,
 	bz2_extensions,
 };
-