diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 2fc0c7a9f63e5..3fb752a6257fa 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/platform/win/wstring_conversion.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/string_view_unittest.cc
+FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/fml/synchronization/count_down_latch_unittests.cc
diff --git a/fml/BUILD.gn b/fml/BUILD.gn
index f73f7f40714c4..10d8e01c7c397 100644
--- a/fml/BUILD.gn
+++ b/fml/BUILD.gn
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ source_set("fml") {
     "paths.h",
     "string_view.cc",
     "string_view.h",
+    "synchronization/atomic_object.h",
     "synchronization/count_down_latch.cc",
     "synchronization/count_down_latch.h",
     "synchronization/thread_annotations.h",
diff --git a/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h b/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c14af79acfb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace fml {
+
+template <typename T>
+class AtomicObject {
+ public:
+  AtomicObject() = default;
+  AtomicObject(T object) : object_(object) {}
+
+  T Load() const {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    return object_;
+  }
+
+  void Store(const T& object) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    object_ = object;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  mutable std::mutex mutex_;
+  T object_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace fml
diff --git a/runtime/service_protocol.cc b/runtime/service_protocol.cc
index 602ebccf645f2..449f1b2cd11e8 100644
--- a/runtime/service_protocol.cc
+++ b/runtime/service_protocol.cc
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ ServiceProtocol::~ServiceProtocol() {
 
 void ServiceProtocol::AddHandler(Handler* handler,
                                  Handler::Description description) {
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::unique_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   handlers_.emplace(handler, description);
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::RemoveHandler(Handler* handler) {
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::unique_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   handlers_.erase(handler);
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::SetHandlerDescription(Handler* handler,
                                             Handler::Description description) {
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   auto it = handlers_.find(handler);
   if (it != handlers_.end())
-    it->second = description;
+    it->second.Store(description);
 }
 
 void ServiceProtocol::ToggleHooks(bool set) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool ServiceProtocol::HandleMessage(fml::StringView method,
     return HandleListViewsMethod(response);
   }
 
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
 
   if (handlers_.size() == 0) {
     WriteServerErrorResponse(response,
@@ -246,12 +246,11 @@ void ServiceProtocol::Handler::Description::Write(
 
 bool ServiceProtocol::HandleListViewsMethod(
     rapidjson::Document& response) const {
-  // Collect handler descriptions on their respective task runners.
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
+  std::shared_lock<std::shared_timed_mutex> lock(handlers_mutex_);
   std::vector<std::pair<intptr_t, Handler::Description>> descriptions;
   for (const auto& handler : handlers_) {
     descriptions.emplace_back(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(handler.first),
-                              handler.second);
+                              handler.second.Load());
   }
 
   auto& allocator = response.GetAllocator();
diff --git a/runtime/service_protocol.h b/runtime/service_protocol.h
index 401702e5d5be3..5392cae337818 100644
--- a/runtime/service_protocol.h
+++ b/runtime/service_protocol.h
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
 #define FLUTTER_RUNTIME_SERVICE_PROTOCOL_H_
 
 #include <map>
-#include <mutex>
 #include <set>
+#include <shared_mutex>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "flutter/fml/compiler_specific.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/string_view.h"
+#include "flutter/fml/synchronization/atomic_object.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/synchronization/thread_annotations.h"
 #include "flutter/fml/task_runner.h"
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ class ServiceProtocol {
 
  private:
   const std::set<fml::StringView> endpoints_;
-  mutable std::mutex handlers_mutex_;
-  std::map<Handler*, Handler::Description> handlers_;
+  mutable std::shared_timed_mutex handlers_mutex_;
+  std::map<Handler*, fml::AtomicObject<Handler::Description>> handlers_;
 
   FML_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
   static bool HandleMessage(const char* method,