diff --git a/server/session.go b/server/session.go
index 2b66f61b..226b707a 100644
--- a/server/session.go
+++ b/server/session.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ func startSession(sessionId SessionId, sessionMetadata *proto.SessionMetadata, s
 }
 
 func (s *session) closeChannels() {
+	s.Lock()
+	defer s.Unlock()
 	s.cancel()
 	if s.heartbeatCh != nil {
 		close(s.heartbeatCh)
@@ -84,11 +86,6 @@ func (s *session) closeChannels() {
 	s.log.Debug("Session channels closed")
 }
 
-func (s *session) close() error {
-	s.log.Info("Session closing")
-	return s.delete()
-}
-
 func (s *session) delete() error {
 	// Delete ephemeral data associated with this session
 	sessionKey := SessionKey(s.id)
@@ -171,7 +168,6 @@ func (s *session) waitForHeartbeats() {
 		case <-timeoutCh:
 			s.log.Warn("Session expired")
 
-			s.Lock()
 			s.closeChannels()
 			err := s.delete()
 
@@ -181,7 +177,6 @@ func (s *session) waitForHeartbeats() {
 					slog.Any("error", err),
 				)
 			}
-			s.Unlock()
 
 			s.sm.Lock()
 			s.sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
diff --git a/server/session_manager.go b/server/session_manager.go
index 8d9bd134..717bac62 100644
--- a/server/session_manager.go
+++ b/server/session_manager.go
@@ -202,10 +202,9 @@ func (sm *sessionManager) CloseSession(request *proto.CloseSessionRequest) (*pro
 	}
 	sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
 	sm.Unlock()
-	s.Lock()
-	defer s.Unlock()
 	s.closeChannels()
-	err = s.close()
+	s.log.Info("Session closing")
+	err = s.delete()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -295,9 +294,7 @@ func (sm *sessionManager) Close() error {
 	sm.cancel()
 	for _, s := range sm.sessions.Values() {
 		sm.sessions.Remove(s.id)
-		s.Lock()
 		s.closeChannels()
-		s.Unlock()
 	}
 
 	sm.activeSessions.Unregister()