diff --git a/pkg/capture/capture.go b/pkg/capture/capture.go
index c67a6f11..a6124aef 100644
--- a/pkg/capture/capture.go
+++ b/pkg/capture/capture.go
@@ -44,57 +44,6 @@ var (
 // providing the ability to override the default behavior, e.g. in mock tests
 type sourceInitFn func(*Capture) (Source, error)
 
-// Captures denotes a named set of Capture instances, wrapping a map and the
-// required synchronization of all its actions
-type captures struct {
-	Map map[string]*Capture
-	sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-// newCaptures instantiates a new, empty set of Captures
-func newCaptures() *captures {
-	return &captures{
-		Map:     make(map[string]*Capture),
-		RWMutex: sync.RWMutex{},
-	}
-}
-
-// Ifaces return the list of names of all interfaces in the set
-func (c *captures) Ifaces(ifaces ...string) []string {
-	if len(ifaces) == 0 {
-		c.RLock()
-		ifaces = make([]string, 0, len(c.Map))
-		for iface := range c.Map {
-			ifaces = append(ifaces, iface)
-		}
-		c.RUnlock()
-	}
-
-	return ifaces
-}
-
-// Get safely returns a Capture by name (and an indicator if it exists)
-func (c *captures) Get(iface string) (capture *Capture, exists bool) {
-	c.RLock()
-	capture, exists = c.Map[iface]
-	c.RUnlock()
-	return
-}
-
-// Set safely adds / overwrites a Capture by name
-func (c *captures) Set(iface string, capture *Capture) {
-	c.Lock()
-	c.Map[iface] = capture
-	c.Unlock()
-}
-
-// Delete safely removes a Capture from the set by name
-func (c *captures) Delete(iface string) {
-	c.Lock()
-	delete(c.Map, iface)
-	c.Unlock()
-}
-
 // Capture captures and logs flow data for all traffic on a
 // given network interface. For each Capture, a goroutine is
 // spawned at creation time. To avoid leaking this goroutine,
@@ -131,6 +80,11 @@ type Capture struct {
 
 	// startedAt tracks when the capture was started
 	startedAt time.Time
+
+	// Mutex to allow concurrent access to capture components
+	// This is _unrelated_ to the three-point capture lock to
+	// interrupt the capture for purposes of e.g. rotation
+	sync.Mutex
 }
 
 // newCapture creates a new Capture associated with the given iface.
@@ -177,6 +131,15 @@ func (c *Capture) run(memPool *LocalBufferPool) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (c *Capture) close() error {
+
+	// Lock the whole capture to pretect against duplicate close() calls
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+
+	// in case the captureHandle is already closed, return without action
+	if c.captureHandle == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if err := c.captureHandle.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/capture/capture_manager.go b/pkg/capture/capture_manager.go
index bcbddb71..fd8a7ee7 100644
--- a/pkg/capture/capture_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/capture/capture_manager.go
@@ -236,8 +236,12 @@ func (cm *Manager) Status(ctx context.Context, ifaces ...string) (statusmap capt
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Lock the captures as a whole to protect against conflicting interactions
+	cm.captures.Lock()
+	defer cm.captures.Unlock()
+
 	for _, iface := range ifaces {
-		mc, exists := cm.captures.Get(iface)
+		mc, exists := cm.captures.GetNoLock(iface)
 		if !exists {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ func (cm *Manager) Status(ctx context.Context, ifaces ...string) (statusmap capt
 			if err := mc.close(); err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("failed to close capture after failed three-point lock: %s", err)
 			}
-			cm.captures.Delete(mc.iface)
+			cm.captures.DeleteNoLock(mc.iface)
 
 			return
 		}
@@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ func (cm *Manager) Status(ctx context.Context, ifaces ...string) (statusmap capt
 			if err := mc.close(); err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("failed to close capture after failed three-point lock: %s", err)
 			}
-			cm.captures.Delete(mc.iface)
+			cm.captures.DeleteNoLock(mc.iface)
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -515,6 +519,10 @@ func (cm *Manager) rotate(ctx context.Context, writeoutChan chan<- capturetypes.
 			// Lock the running capture in order to safely perform rotation tasks
 			if err := mc.capLock.Lock(); err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("failed to establish rotation three-point lock: %s", err)
+				if err := mc.close(); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorf("failed to close capture after failed three-point lock: %s", err)
+				}
+				cm.captures.Delete(mc.iface)
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -527,6 +535,10 @@ func (cm *Manager) rotate(ctx context.Context, writeoutChan chan<- capturetypes.
 			stats := <-statsRes
 			if err := mc.capLock.Unlock(); err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("failed to release rotation three-point lock: %s", err)
+				if err := mc.close(); err != nil {
+					logger.Errorf("failed to close capture after failed three-point lock: %s", err)
+				}
+				cm.captures.Delete(mc.iface)
 			}
 			logger.With("elapsed", time.Since(lockStart).Round(time.Microsecond).String()).Debug("interface lock-cycle complete")
 
@@ -560,17 +572,17 @@ func (cm *Manager) logErrors(ctx context.Context, iface string, errsChan <-chan
 
 				// Ensure there is no conflict with calls to update() that might already be
 				// taking down this interface
-				cm.Lock()
-				defer cm.Unlock()
+				cm.captures.Lock()
+				defer cm.captures.Unlock()
 
 				// If the error channel was closed prematurely, we have to assume there was
 				// a critical processing error and tear down the interface
-				if mc, exists := cm.captures.Get(iface); exists {
+				if mc, exists := cm.captures.GetNoLock(iface); exists {
 					logger.Info("closing capture / stopping packet processing")
 					if err := mc.close(); err != nil {
 						logger.Warnf("failed to close capture in logging routine (might be expected): %s", err)
 					}
-					cm.captures.Delete(mc.iface)
+					cm.captures.DeleteNoLock(mc.iface)
 				}
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/capture/captures.go b/pkg/capture/captures.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f623eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/capture/captures.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package capture
+
+import "sync"
+
+// Captures denotes a named set of Capture instances, wrapping a map and the
+// required synchronization of all its actions
+type captures struct {
+	Map map[string]*Capture
+	sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+// newCaptures instantiates a new, empty set of Captures
+func newCaptures() *captures {
+	return &captures{
+		Map:     make(map[string]*Capture),
+		RWMutex: sync.RWMutex{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Ifaces return the list of names of all interfaces in the set
+func (c *captures) Ifaces(ifaces ...string) []string {
+	if len(ifaces) == 0 {
+		c.RLock()
+		ifaces = make([]string, 0, len(c.Map))
+		for iface := range c.Map {
+			ifaces = append(ifaces, iface)
+		}
+		c.RUnlock()
+	}
+
+	return ifaces
+}
+
+// Get safely returns a Capture by name (and an indicator if it exists)
+func (c *captures) Get(iface string) (capture *Capture, exists bool) {
+	c.RLock()
+	capture, exists = c.GetNoLock(iface)
+	c.RUnlock()
+	return
+}
+
+// GetNoLock returns a Capture by name (and an indicator if it exists) without locking
+func (c *captures) GetNoLock(iface string) (capture *Capture, exists bool) {
+	capture, exists = c.Map[iface]
+	return
+}
+
+// Set safely adds / overwrites a Capture by name
+func (c *captures) Set(iface string, capture *Capture) {
+	c.Lock()
+	c.SetNoLock(iface, capture)
+	c.Unlock()
+}
+
+// SetNoLock adds / overwrites a Capture by name without locking
+func (c *captures) SetNoLock(iface string, capture *Capture) {
+	c.Map[iface] = capture
+}
+
+// Delete safely removes a Capture from the set by name
+func (c *captures) Delete(iface string) {
+	c.Lock()
+	c.DeleteNoLock(iface)
+	c.Unlock()
+}
+
+// Delete removes a Capture from the set by name without locking
+func (c *captures) DeleteNoLock(iface string) {
+	delete(c.Map, iface)
+}