diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5b69577d..fc1f50164 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ For more details on the alerting system see the full documentation [here](https:
 - [#1369](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/1369): Fix panic with concurrent writes to same points in state tracking nodes.
 - [#1387](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/1387): static-discovery configuration simplified
 - [#1378](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/1378): Fix panic in InfluxQL node with missing field.
+- [#1392](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/1392): Fix possible deadlock for scraper configuration updating.
 
 ## v1.3.0-rc2 [2017-05-11]
 
diff --git a/services/scraper/service.go b/services/scraper/service.go
index b6a114855..f2e7dfc3d 100644
--- a/services/scraper/service.go
+++ b/services/scraper/service.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	closing  chan struct{}
 	updating chan *config.Config
 
-	configs []Config
+	configs atomic.Value // []Config
 
 	logger *log.Logger
 
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ type Service struct {
 // NewService creates a new scraper service
 func NewService(c []Config, l *log.Logger) *Service {
 	s := &Service{
-		configs: c,
-		logger:  l,
+		logger: l,
 	}
+	s.storeConfigs(c)
 	s.mgr = retrieval.NewTargetManager(s, NewLogger(l))
 	return s
 }
@@ -91,6 +92,14 @@ func (s *Service) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Service) loadConfigs() []Config {
+	return s.configs.Load().([]Config)
+}
+
+func (s *Service) storeConfigs(c []Config) {
+	s.configs.Store(c)
+}
+
 func (s *Service) scrape() {
 	s.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -153,25 +162,17 @@ func (s *Service) Append(sample *model.Sample) error {
 		tags[string(name)] = string(value)
 	}
 
-	blacklist := func() bool {
-		s.mu.Lock()
-		defer s.mu.Unlock()
-		// If instance is blacklisted then do not send to PointsWriter
-		if instance, ok := tags["instance"]; ok {
-			for i := range s.configs {
-				if s.configs[i].Name == job {
-					for _, listed := range s.configs[i].Blacklist {
-						if instance == listed {
-							return true
-						}
+	// If instance is blacklisted then do not send to PointsWriter
+	if instance, ok := tags["instance"]; ok {
+		for _, c := range s.loadConfigs() {
+			if c.Name == job {
+				for _, listed := range c.Blacklist {
+					if instance == listed {
+						return nil
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return false
-	}
-	if blacklist() {
-		return nil
 	}
 
 	fields := models.Fields{
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ func (s *Service) Update(newConfigs []interface{}) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.configs = configs
+	s.storeConfigs(configs)
 	if s.open {
 		pairs := s.pairs()
 		conf := s.prom(pairs)
@@ -302,7 +303,9 @@ func (s *Service) AddScrapers(scrapers []Config) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	s.configs = append(s.configs, scrapers...)
+	configs := s.loadConfigs()
+	configs = append(configs, scrapers...)
+	s.storeConfigs(configs)
 }
 
 // RemoveScrapers removes scrapers from the registry
@@ -313,19 +316,21 @@ func (s *Service) RemoveScrapers(scrapers []Config) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	configs := s.loadConfigs()[0:0]
 	for _, rm := range scrapers {
-		for i, c := range s.configs {
-			if c.Name == rm.Name {
-				s.configs = append(s.configs[:i], s.configs[i+1:]...)
+		for _, c := range configs {
+			if c.Name != rm.Name {
+				configs = append(configs, c)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	s.storeConfigs(configs)
 }
 
 // pairs returns all named pairs of scrapers and discoverers from registry must be locked
 func (s *Service) pairs() []Pair {
 	pairs := []Pair{}
-	for _, scr := range s.configs {
+	for _, scr := range s.loadConfigs() {
 		if !scr.Enabled {
 			continue
 		}