diff --git a/bigcache_test.go b/bigcache_test.go
index 187461ac..580777d7 100644
--- a/bigcache_test.go
+++ b/bigcache_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package bigcache
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -358,6 +360,67 @@ func TestCacheDel(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, cachedValue, 0)
 }
 
+// TestCacheDelRandomly does simultaneous deletes, puts and gets, to check for corruption errors.
+func TestCacheDelRandomly(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := Config{
+		Shards:             1,
+		LifeWindow:         time.Second,
+		CleanWindow:        0,
+		MaxEntriesInWindow: 10,
+		MaxEntrySize:       10,
+		Verbose:            true,
+		Hasher:             newDefaultHasher(),
+		HardMaxCacheSize:   1,
+		Logger:             DefaultLogger(),
+	}
+	//c.Hasher = hashStub(5)
+	cache, _ := NewBigCache(c)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var ntest = 800000
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < ntest; i++ {
+			r := uint8(rand.Int())
+			key := fmt.Sprintf("thekey%d", r)
+
+			cache.Delete(key)
+		}
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		val := make([]byte, 1024)
+		for i := 0; i < ntest; i++ {
+			r := byte(rand.Int())
+			key := fmt.Sprintf("thekey%d", r)
+
+			for j := 0; j < len(val); j++ {
+				val[j] = r
+			}
+			cache.Set(key, val)
+		}
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		val := make([]byte, 1024)
+		for i := 0; i < ntest; i++ {
+			r := byte(rand.Int())
+			key := fmt.Sprintf("thekey%d", r)
+
+			for j := 0; j < len(val); j++ {
+				val[j] = r
+			}
+			if got, err := cache.Get(key); err == nil && !bytes.Equal(got, val) {
+				t.Errorf("got %s ->\n %x\n expected:\n %x\n ", key, got, val)
+			}
+		}
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestCacheReset(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/queue/bytes_queue.go b/queue/bytes_queue.go
index 0285c72c..bda73740 100644
--- a/queue/bytes_queue.go
+++ b/queue/bytes_queue.go
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ const (
 	minimumEmptyBlobSize = 32 + headerEntrySize
 )
 
+var (
+	errEmptyQueue       = &queueError{"Empty queue"}
+	errInvalidIndex     = &queueError{"Index must be greater than zero. Invalid index."}
+	errIndexOutOfBounds = &queueError{"Index out of range"}
+)
+
 // BytesQueue is a non-thread safe queue type of fifo based on bytes array.
 // For every push operation index of entry is returned. It can be used to read the entry later
 type BytesQueue struct {
@@ -162,6 +168,11 @@ func (q *BytesQueue) Get(index int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, err
 }
 
+// CheckGet checks if an entry can be read from index
+func (q *BytesQueue) CheckGet(index int) error {
+	return q.peekCheckErr(index)
+}
+
 // Capacity returns number of allocated bytes for queue
 func (q *BytesQueue) Capacity() int {
 	return q.capacity
@@ -177,18 +188,35 @@ func (e *queueError) Error() string {
 	return e.message
 }
 
+// peekCheckErr is identical to peek, but does not actually return any data
+func (q *BytesQueue) peekCheckErr(index int) error {
+
+	if q.count == 0 {
+		return errEmptyQueue
+	}
+
+	if index <= 0 {
+		return errInvalidIndex
+	}
+
+	if index+headerEntrySize >= len(q.array) {
+		return errIndexOutOfBounds
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (q *BytesQueue) peek(index int) ([]byte, int, error) {
 
 	if q.count == 0 {
-		return nil, 0, &queueError{"Empty queue"}
+		return nil, 0, errEmptyQueue
 	}
 
 	if index <= 0 {
-		return nil, 0, &queueError{"Index must be grater than zero. Invalid index."}
+		return nil, 0, errInvalidIndex
 	}
 
 	if index+headerEntrySize >= len(q.array) {
-		return nil, 0, &queueError{"Index out of range"}
+		return nil, 0, errIndexOutOfBounds
 	}
 
 	blockSize := int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(q.array[index : index+headerEntrySize]))
diff --git a/queue/bytes_queue_test.go b/queue/bytes_queue_test.go
index f4342b4e..9abde99a 100644
--- a/queue/bytes_queue_test.go
+++ b/queue/bytes_queue_test.go
@@ -50,16 +50,19 @@ func TestPeek(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// when
 	read, err := queue.Peek()
-
+	err2 := queue.peekCheckErr(queue.head)
 	// then
+	assert.Equal(t, err, err2)
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Empty queue")
 	assert.Nil(t, read)
 
 	// when
 	queue.Push(entry)
 	read, err = queue.Peek()
+	err2 = queue.peekCheckErr(queue.head)
 
 	// then
+	assert.Equal(t, err, err2)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, pop(queue), read)
 	assert.Equal(t, entry, read)
@@ -286,10 +289,12 @@ func TestGetEntryFromInvalidIndex(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// when
 	result, err := queue.Get(0)
+	err2 := queue.CheckGet(0)
 
 	// then
+	assert.Equal(t, err, err2)
 	assert.Nil(t, result)
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Index must be grater than zero. Invalid index.")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Index must be greater than zero. Invalid index.")
 }
 
 func TestGetEntryFromIndexOutOfRange(t *testing.T) {
@@ -301,8 +306,10 @@ func TestGetEntryFromIndexOutOfRange(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// when
 	result, err := queue.Get(42)
+	err2 := queue.CheckGet(42)
 
 	// then
+	assert.Equal(t, err, err2)
 	assert.Nil(t, result)
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Index out of range")
 }
@@ -315,8 +322,10 @@ func TestGetEntryFromEmptyQueue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// when
 	result, err := queue.Get(1)
+	err2 := queue.CheckGet(1)
 
 	// then
+	assert.Equal(t, err, err2)
 	assert.Nil(t, result)
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Empty queue")
 }
diff --git a/shard.go b/shard.go
index 67679ba1..a31094ff 100644
--- a/shard.go
+++ b/shard.go
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ func (s *cacheShard) get(key string, hashedKey uint64) ([]byte, error) {
 		s.collision()
 		return nil, ErrEntryNotFound
 	}
+	entry := readEntry(wrappedEntry)
 	s.lock.RUnlock()
 	s.hit()
-	return readEntry(wrappedEntry), nil
+	return entry, nil
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) set(key string, hashedKey uint64, entry []byte) error {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ func (s *cacheShard) set(key string, hashedKey uint64, entry []byte) error {
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) del(key string, hashedKey uint64) error {
+	// Optimistic pre-check using only readlock
 	s.lock.RLock()
 	itemIndex := s.hashmap[hashedKey]
 
@@ -94,8 +96,7 @@ func (s *cacheShard) del(key string, hashedKey uint64) error {
 		return ErrEntryNotFound
 	}
 
-	wrappedEntry, err := s.entries.Get(int(itemIndex))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := s.entries.CheckGet(int(itemIndex)); err != nil {
 		s.lock.RUnlock()
 		s.delmiss()
 		return err
@@ -104,6 +105,23 @@ func (s *cacheShard) del(key string, hashedKey uint64) error {
 
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	{
+		// After obtaining the writelock, we need to read the same again,
+		// since the data delivered earlier may be stale now
+		itemIndex = s.hashmap[hashedKey]
+
+		if itemIndex == 0 {
+			s.lock.Unlock()
+			s.delmiss()
+			return ErrEntryNotFound
+		}
+
+		wrappedEntry, err := s.entries.Get(int(itemIndex))
+		if err != nil {
+			s.lock.Unlock()
+			s.delmiss()
+			return err
+		}
+
 		delete(s.hashmap, hashedKey)
 		s.onRemove(wrappedEntry, Deleted)
 		resetKeyFromEntry(wrappedEntry)
@@ -136,6 +154,8 @@ func (s *cacheShard) cleanUp(currentTimestamp uint64) {
 }
 
 func (s *cacheShard) getOldestEntry() ([]byte, error) {
+	s.lock.RLock()
+	defer s.lock.RUnlock()
 	return s.entries.Peek()
 }