diff --git a/src/plugins/PamAuth/pamauth.c b/src/plugins/PamAuth/pamauth.c
index 4e182c6..da8869d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/PamAuth/pamauth.c
+++ b/src/plugins/PamAuth/pamauth.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Kirill Lopuchov <lopuchov@mail.ru>
 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
 
 
-
+pthread_mutex_t pam_mutex;
 
 static int         already_loaded = 0;
 
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ static int pamfunc(struct clientparam *param)
   /*start process auth */  
   conv.appdata_ptr = (char *) param->password;
 
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&pam_mutex);
   if (!pamh)
     {
-      retval = pam_start ((char *)service, "3proxy@" , &conv, &pamh);
+	retval = pam_start ((char *)service, "3proxy@" , &conv, &pamh);
     }
    if (retval == PAM_SUCCESS)
        retval = pam_set_item (pamh, PAM_USER, param->username); 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ static int pamfunc(struct clientparam *param)
       retval = pam_end (pamh, retval);
    if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS)
       {  pamh = NULL;   }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&pam_mutex);
 
   return rc;
 
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ int start(struct pluginlink * pluginlink, int argc, unsigned char** argv)
 
  already_loaded = 1;
     
+ pthread_mutex_init(&pam_mutex, NULL);
  pamauth.authenticate = pamfunc;
  pamauth.authorize = pluginlink->checkACL;
  pamauth.desc = "pam";