diff --git a/kafka/net/selector.py b/kafka/net/selector.py
index 464e1db28..e4dbd4f4f 100644
--- a/kafka/net/selector.py
+++ b/kafka/net/selector.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import heapq
 import selectors
 import socket
+import threading
 import time
 
 from kafka.future import Future
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ def __init__(self, **configs):
             if key in configs:
                 self.config[key] = configs[key]
 
-        self._running = False
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
         self._closed = False
         self._stop = False
         self._selector = self.config['selector']()
@@ -273,25 +274,26 @@ def remove_writer(self, fileobj):
 
     def poll(self, timeout_ms=None, future=None):
         if self._current:
-            raise RuntimError('Recursive access to net.poll!')
-        elif self._running:
+            raise RuntimeError('Recursive access to net.poll!')
+        elif not self._lock.acquire(blocking=False):
             raise RuntimeError('Concurrent access to net.poll!')
-        log_trace('poll: enter')
-        self._running = True
-        start_at = time.monotonic()
-        inner_timeout = timeout_ms / 1000 if timeout_ms is not None else None
-        if future is not None and future.is_done:
-            inner_timeout = 0
-        while True:
-            self._poll_once(inner_timeout)
-            if future is None or future.is_done:
-                break
-            elif timeout_ms is not None:
-                inner_timeout = (timeout_ms / 1000) - (time.monotonic() - start_at)
-                if inner_timeout <= 0:
+        try:
+            log_trace('poll: enter')
+            start_at = time.monotonic()
+            inner_timeout = timeout_ms / 1000 if timeout_ms is not None else None
+            if future is not None and future.is_done:
+                inner_timeout = 0
+            while True:
+                self._poll_once(inner_timeout)
+                if future is None or future.is_done:
                     break
-        self._running = False
-        log_trace('poll: exit')
+                elif timeout_ms is not None:
+                    inner_timeout = (timeout_ms / 1000) - (time.monotonic() - start_at)
+                    if inner_timeout <= 0:
+                        break
+        finally:
+            self._lock.release()
+            log_trace('poll: exit')
 
     def _poll_once(self, timeout=None):
         log_trace('_poll_once: enter')