diff --git a/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr.go b/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr.go
index 3a1acf0db0..c124c6bb81 100644
--- a/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr.go
+++ b/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr.go
@@ -62,14 +62,21 @@ type segment struct {
 	peers map[peer.ID]*peerInfo
 }
 
-type segments [256]*segment
+type segments struct {
+	// bucketsMu is used to prevent deadlocks when concurrent processes try to
+	// grab multiple segment locks at once. If you need multiple segment locks
+	// at once, you should grab this lock first. You may release this lock once
+	// you have the segment locks.
+	bucketsMu sync.Mutex
+	buckets   [256]*segment
+}
 
 func (ss *segments) get(p peer.ID) *segment {
-	return ss[byte(p[len(p)-1])]
+	return ss.buckets[byte(p[len(p)-1])]
 }
 
 func (ss *segments) countPeers() (count int) {
-	for _, seg := range ss {
+	for _, seg := range ss.buckets {
 		seg.Lock()
 		count += len(seg.peers)
 		seg.Unlock()
@@ -122,15 +129,15 @@ func NewConnManager(low, hi int, opts ...Option) (*BasicConnMgr, error) {
 		cfg:       cfg,
 		clock:     cfg.clock,
 		protected: make(map[peer.ID]map[string]struct{}, 16),
-		segments: func() (ret segments) {
-			for i := range ret {
-				ret[i] = &segment{
-					peers: make(map[peer.ID]*peerInfo),
-				}
-			}
-			return ret
-		}(),
+		segments:  segments{},
+	}
+
+	for i := range cm.segments.buckets {
+		cm.segments.buckets[i] = &segment{
+			peers: make(map[peer.ID]*peerInfo),
+		}
 	}
+
 	cm.ctx, cm.cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	if cfg.emergencyTrim {
@@ -246,15 +253,32 @@ type peerInfo struct {
 	firstSeen time.Time // timestamp when we began tracking this peer.
 }
 
-type peerInfos []peerInfo
+type peerInfos []*peerInfo
 
 // SortByValueAndStreams sorts peerInfos by their value and stream count. It
 // will sort peers with no streams before those with streams (all else being
 // equal). If `sortByMoreStreams` is true it will sort peers with more streams
 // before those with fewer streams. This is useful to prioritize freeing memory.
-func (p peerInfos) SortByValueAndStreams(sortByMoreStreams bool) {
+func (p peerInfos) SortByValueAndStreams(segments *segments, sortByMoreStreams bool) {
 	sort.Slice(p, func(i, j int) bool {
 		left, right := p[i], p[j]
+
+		// Grab this lock so that we can grab both segment locks below without deadlocking.
+		segments.bucketsMu.Lock()
+
+		// lock this to protect from concurrent modifications from connect/disconnect events
+		leftSegment := segments.get(left.id)
+		leftSegment.Lock()
+		defer leftSegment.Unlock()
+
+		rightSegment := segments.get(right.id)
+		if leftSegment != rightSegment {
+			// These two peers are not in the same segment, lets get the lock
+			rightSegment.Lock()
+			defer rightSegment.Unlock()
+		}
+		segments.bucketsMu.Unlock()
+
 		// temporary peers are preferred for pruning.
 		if left.temp != right.temp {
 			return left.temp
@@ -360,31 +384,34 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToCloseEmergency(target int) []network.Conn {
 	candidates := make(peerInfos, 0, cm.segments.countPeers())
 
 	cm.plk.RLock()
-	for _, s := range cm.segments {
+	for _, s := range cm.segments.buckets {
 		s.Lock()
 		for id, inf := range s.peers {
 			if _, ok := cm.protected[id]; ok {
 				// skip over protected peer.
 				continue
 			}
-			candidates = append(candidates, *inf)
+			candidates = append(candidates, inf)
 		}
 		s.Unlock()
 	}
 	cm.plk.RUnlock()
 
 	// Sort peers according to their value.
-	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(true)
+	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(&cm.segments, true)
 
 	selected := make([]network.Conn, 0, target+10)
 	for _, inf := range candidates {
 		if target <= 0 {
 			break
 		}
+		s := cm.segments.get(inf.id)
+		s.Lock()
 		for c := range inf.conns {
 			selected = append(selected, c)
 		}
 		target -= len(inf.conns)
+		s.Unlock()
 	}
 	if len(selected) >= target {
 		// We found enough connections that were not protected.
@@ -395,24 +422,28 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToCloseEmergency(target int) []network.Conn {
 	// We have no choice but to kill some protected connections.
 	candidates = candidates[:0]
 	cm.plk.RLock()
-	for _, s := range cm.segments {
+	for _, s := range cm.segments.buckets {
 		s.Lock()
 		for _, inf := range s.peers {
-			candidates = append(candidates, *inf)
+			candidates = append(candidates, inf)
 		}
 		s.Unlock()
 	}
 	cm.plk.RUnlock()
 
-	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(true)
+	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(&cm.segments, true)
 	for _, inf := range candidates {
 		if target <= 0 {
 			break
 		}
+		// lock this to protect from concurrent modifications from connect/disconnect events
+		s := cm.segments.get(inf.id)
+		s.Lock()
 		for c := range inf.conns {
 			selected = append(selected, c)
 		}
 		target -= len(inf.conns)
+		s.Unlock()
 	}
 	return selected
 }
@@ -435,7 +466,7 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose() []network.Conn {
 	gracePeriodStart := cm.clock.Now().Add(-cm.cfg.gracePeriod)
 
 	cm.plk.RLock()
-	for _, s := range cm.segments {
+	for _, s := range cm.segments.buckets {
 		s.Lock()
 		for id, inf := range s.peers {
 			if _, ok := cm.protected[id]; ok {
@@ -448,7 +479,7 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose() []network.Conn {
 			}
 			// note that we're copying the entry here,
 			// but since inf.conns is a map, it will still point to the original object
-			candidates = append(candidates, *inf)
+			candidates = append(candidates, inf)
 			ncandidates += len(inf.conns)
 		}
 		s.Unlock()
@@ -465,7 +496,7 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose() []network.Conn {
 	}
 
 	// Sort peers according to their value.
-	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(false)
+	candidates.SortByValueAndStreams(&cm.segments, false)
 
 	target := ncandidates - cm.cfg.lowWater
 
diff --git a/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr_test.go b/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr_test.go
index 2053e3e6f7..39db7b54cf 100644
--- a/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr_test.go
+++ b/p2p/net/connmgr/connmgr_test.go
@@ -808,36 +808,57 @@ func (m mockConn) GetStreams() []network.Stream                          { panic
 func (m mockConn) Scope() network.ConnScope                              { panic("implement me") }
 func (m mockConn) ConnState() network.ConnectionState                    { return network.ConnectionState{} }
 
+func makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(peerInfos peerInfos) *segments {
+	var s = func() *segments {
+		ret := segments{}
+		for i := range ret.buckets {
+			ret.buckets[i] = &segment{
+				peers: make(map[peer.ID]*peerInfo),
+			}
+		}
+		return &ret
+	}()
+
+	for _, pi := range peerInfos {
+		segment := s.get(pi.id)
+		segment.Lock()
+		segment.peers[pi.id] = pi
+		segment.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
 func TestPeerInfoSorting(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("starts with temporary connections", func(t *testing.T) {
-		p1 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1")}
-		p2 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"), temp: true}
+		p1 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1")}
+		p2 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"), temp: true}
 		pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
-		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(false)
+		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis), false)
 		require.Equal(t, pis, peerInfos{p2, p1})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("starts with low-value connections", func(t *testing.T) {
-		p1 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1"), value: 40}
-		p2 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"), value: 20}
+		p1 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1"), value: 40}
+		p2 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"), value: 20}
 		pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
-		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(false)
+		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis), false)
 		require.Equal(t, pis, peerInfos{p2, p1})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("prefer peers with no streams", func(t *testing.T) {
-		p1 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1"),
+		p1 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: network.ConnStats{NumStreams: 0}}: time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
-		p2 := peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"),
+		p2 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: network.ConnStats{NumStreams: 1}}: time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
 		pis := peerInfos{p2, p1}
-		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(false)
+		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis), false)
 		require.Equal(t, pis, peerInfos{p1, p2})
 	})
 
@@ -849,27 +870,27 @@ func TestPeerInfoSorting(t *testing.T) {
 
 		outgoingSomeStreams := network.ConnStats{Stats: network.Stats{Direction: network.DirOutbound}, NumStreams: 1}
 		outgoingMoreStreams := network.ConnStats{Stats: network.Stats{Direction: network.DirOutbound}, NumStreams: 2}
-		p1 := peerInfo{
+		p1 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer1"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: outgoingSomeStreams}: time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
-		p2 := peerInfo{
+		p2 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer2"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: outgoingSomeStreams}: time.Now(),
 				&mockConn{stats: incoming}:            time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
-		p3 := peerInfo{
+		p3 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer3"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: outgoing}: time.Now(),
 				&mockConn{stats: incoming}: time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
-		p4 := peerInfo{
+		p4 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer4"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: outgoingMoreStreams}: time.Now(),
@@ -877,7 +898,7 @@ func TestPeerInfoSorting(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 		pis := peerInfos{p1, p2, p3, p4}
-		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(true)
+		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis), true)
 		// p3 is first because it is inactive (no streams).
 		// p4 is second because it has the most streams and we priortize killing
 		// connections with the higher number of streams.
@@ -885,13 +906,13 @@ func TestPeerInfoSorting(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("in a memory emergency, starts with connections that have many streams", func(t *testing.T) {
-		p1 := peerInfo{
+		p1 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer1"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: network.ConnStats{NumStreams: 100}}: time.Now(),
 			},
 		}
-		p2 := peerInfo{
+		p2 := &peerInfo{
 			id: peer.ID("peer2"),
 			conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{
 				&mockConn{stats: network.ConnStats{NumStreams: 80}}: time.Now(),
@@ -899,7 +920,49 @@ func TestPeerInfoSorting(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 		pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
-		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(true)
+		pis.SortByValueAndStreams(makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis), true)
 		require.Equal(t, pis, peerInfos{p2, p1})
 	})
 }
+
+func TestSafeConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Safe Concurrency", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cl := clock.NewMock()
+
+		p1 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer1"), conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{}}
+		p2 := &peerInfo{id: peer.ID("peer2"), conns: map[network.Conn]time.Time{}}
+		pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
+
+		ss := makeSegmentsWithPeerInfos(pis)
+
+		const runs = 10
+		const concurrency = 10
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				// add conns. This mimics new connection events
+				pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
+				for i := 0; i < runs; i++ {
+					pi := pis[i%len(pis)]
+					s := ss.get(pi.id)
+					s.Lock()
+					s.peers[pi.id].conns[randConn(t, nil)] = cl.Now()
+					s.Unlock()
+				}
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				pis := peerInfos{p1, p2}
+				for i := 0; i < runs; i++ {
+					pis.SortByValueAndStreams(ss, false)
+				}
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+		}
+
+		wg.Wait()
+	})
+}
diff --git a/p2p/net/connmgr/decay.go b/p2p/net/connmgr/decay.go
index 0819bd2136..c10214cb8a 100644
--- a/p2p/net/connmgr/decay.go
+++ b/p2p/net/connmgr/decay.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (d *decayer) process() {
 			d.tagsMu.Unlock()
 
 			// Visit each peer, and decay tags that need to be decayed.
-			for _, s := range d.mgr.segments {
+			for _, s := range d.mgr.segments.buckets {
 				s.Lock()
 
 				// Entered a segment that contains peers. Process each peer.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (d *decayer) process() {
 			d.tagsMu.Unlock()
 
 			// Remove the tag from all peers that had it in the connmgr.
-			for _, s := range d.mgr.segments {
+			for _, s := range d.mgr.segments.buckets {
 				// visit all segments, and attempt to remove the tag from all the peers it stores.
 				s.Lock()
 				for _, p := range s.peers {