diff --git a/src/Curl/Multi.jl b/src/Curl/Multi.jl
index ccf50d3..f372874 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Multi.jl
+++ b/src/Curl/Multi.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ mutable struct Multi
     function Multi(grace::Integer = typemax(UInt64))
         multi = new(ReentrantLock(), C_NULL, nothing, Easy[], grace)
         finalizer(done!, multi)
-        @lock MULTIS_LOCK push!(MULTIS, WeakRef(multi))
+        lock(MULTIS_LOCK)
+        try
+            push!(MULTIS, WeakRef(multi))
+        catch
+            unlock(MULTIS_LOCK)
+        end
         return multi
     end
 end