diff --git a/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView.cpp b/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView.cpp
index 6480ab37..8214f1a4 100644
--- a/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView.cpp
+++ b/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ static_assert( sizeof( CompressionName ) == sizeof( CompressionDesc ), "Unmatche
 
 bool View::Draw()
 {
+    Worker::MainThreadDataLockGuard lock = m_worker.ObtainLockForMainThread();
     HandshakeStatus status = (HandshakeStatus)m_worker.GetHandshakeStatus();
     switch( status )
     {
@@ -863,7 +864,6 @@ bool View::DrawImpl()
             ImGui::EndPopup();
         }
     }
-    Worker::MainThreadDataLockGuard lock = m_worker.ObtainLockForMainThread();
     auto& threadHints = m_worker.GetPendingThreadHints();
     if( !threadHints.empty() )
     {
diff --git a/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView_ConnectionState.cpp b/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView_ConnectionState.cpp
index bbbfe66b..812ee814 100644
--- a/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView_ConnectionState.cpp
+++ b/profiler/src/profiler/TracyView_ConnectionState.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ bool View::DrawConnection()
 
     FrameImage lastFrameImage{};
     {
-        Worker::MainThreadDataLockGuard lock = m_worker.ObtainLockForMainThread();
         ImGui::SameLine();
         TextFocused( "+", RealToString( m_worker.GetSendInFlight() ) );
         const auto sz = m_worker.GetFrameCount( *m_frames );
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ bool View::DrawConnection()
             TextFocused( "Frame time:", TimeToString( dt ) );
         }        
         const auto& fis = m_worker.GetFrameImages();
-        // Keep a copy here since the worker may modify the frame images vector while we do not own the lock
+        // Keep a copy so the frame image data is retained independently of the worker storage.
         if( !fis.empty() ) lastFrameImage = *fis.back();
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ bool View::DrawConnection()
 
     ImGui::SameLine( 0, 2 * ty );
     const char* stopStr = ICON_FA_PLUG " Stop";
-    Worker::MainThreadDataLockGuard lock = m_worker.ObtainLockForMainThread();
     if( !m_disconnectIssued && m_worker.IsConnected() )
     {
         if( ImGui::Button( stopStr ) )