diff --git a/test/helpers/name.go b/test/helpers/name.go
index 4da8e4dc84..18a93f2518 100644
--- a/test/helpers/name.go
+++ b/test/helpers/name.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package helpers
 import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
 )
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ const (
 	testNamePrefix  = "Test"
 )
 
-var nameRand *rand.Rand
+var (
+	nameRand *rand.Rand
+	nameMu   sync.Mutex
+)
 
 func init() {
 	// Properly seed the random number generator so RandomString() is actually random.
@@ -75,9 +79,11 @@ func AppendRandomString(prefix string) string {
 // RandomString will generate a random string.
 func RandomString() string {
 	suffix := make([]byte, randSuffixLen)
+	nameMu.Lock()
 	for i := range suffix {
 		suffix[i] = letterBytes[nameRand.Intn(len(letterBytes))]
 	}
+	nameMu.Unlock()
 	return string(suffix)
 }