diff --git a/daemon/timings.cc b/daemon/timings.cc
index 41380175f3..bd513cfbc5 100644
--- a/daemon/timings.cc
+++ b/daemon/timings.cc
@@ -21,10 +21,20 @@ Timings::Timings() {
     reset();
 }
 
-void Timings::reset() {
+Timings::~Timings() {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lg(histogram_mutex);
     for (auto& t : timings) {
-        if (t) {
-            t->reset();
+        delete t;
+    }
+}
+
+void Timings::reset() {
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lg(histogram_mutex);
+        for (auto& t : timings) {
+            if (t) {
+                t.load()->reset();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ void Timings::collect(cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode opcode,
 std::string Timings::generate(cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode opcode) {
     auto* histoPtr =
             timings[std::underlying_type<cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode>::type(opcode)]
-                    .get();
+                    .load();
     if (histoPtr) {
         return histoPtr->to_string();
     }
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ uint64_t Timings::get_aggregated_mutation_stats() {
     for (auto cmd : timings_mutations) {
         auto* histoPtr =
                 timings[std::underlying_type<cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode>::type(cmd)]
-                        .get();
+                        .load();
         if (histoPtr) {
             ret += histoPtr->getValueCount();
         }
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ uint64_t Timings::get_aggregated_retrival_stats() {
     for (auto cmd : timings_retrievals) {
         auto* histoPtr =
                 timings[std::underlying_type<cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode>::type(cmd)]
-                        .get();
+                        .load();
         if (histoPtr) {
             ret += histoPtr->getValueCount();
         }
@@ -143,17 +153,17 @@ cb::sampling::Interval Timings::get_interval_lookup_latency() {
 
 Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram& Timings::get_or_create_timing_histogram(
         uint8_t opcode) {
-    if (timings[opcode] == nullptr) {
+    if (!timings[opcode]) {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> allocLock(histogram_mutex);
-        if (timings[opcode] == nullptr) {
-            timings[opcode] = std::make_unique<Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram>();
+        if (!timings[opcode]) {
+            timings[opcode] = new Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram();
         }
     }
-    return *timings[opcode];
+    return *(timings[opcode].load());
 }
 
 Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram* Timings::get_timing_histogram(uint8_t opcode) const {
-    return timings[opcode].get();
+    return timings[opcode].load();
 }
 
 void Timings::sample(std::chrono::seconds sample_interval) {
diff --git a/daemon/timings.h b/daemon/timings.h
index 0a75349d8c..c41e2e0fcb 100644
--- a/daemon/timings.h
+++ b/daemon/timings.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Timings {
 public:
     Timings();
     Timings(const Timings&) = delete;
+    ~Timings();
 
     void reset();
     void collect(cb::mcbp::ClientOpcode opcode, std::chrono::nanoseconds nsec);
@@ -69,8 +70,7 @@ class Timings {
     // create an array of unique_ptrs as we want to create HdrHistograms
     // in a lazy manner as their foot print is larger than our old
     // histogram class
-    std::array<std::unique_ptr<Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram>, MAX_NUM_OPCODES>
-            timings;
+    std::array<std::atomic<Hdr1sfMicroSecHistogram*>, MAX_NUM_OPCODES> timings;
     std::mutex histogram_mutex;
     std::array<cb::sampling::Interval, MAX_NUM_OPCODES> interval_counters;
 };