diff --git a/monitor/service.go b/monitor/service.go
index ee50e61d501..dfa286804ad 100644
--- a/monitor/service.go
+++ b/monitor/service.go
@@ -32,6 +32,39 @@ const (
 	MonitorRetentionPolicyReplicaN = 1
 )
 
+// tags provides thread-safe tag handling
+type tags struct {
+	mu   sync.RWMutex
+	tags map[string]string
+}
+
+// NewTags creates a new tags struct to use
+func newTags() *tags {
+	return &tags{
+		tags: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+}
+
+// Add adds a new tag to the tag collection
+func (t *tags) Add(key string, value interface{}) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	t.tags[key] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)
+}
+
+// Tags safely returns a copy of the current tag mapping
+func (t *tags) Tags() map[string]string {
+	t.mu.RLock()
+	defer t.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	r := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range t.tags {
+		r[k] = v
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
 // Monitor represents an instance of the monitor system.
 type Monitor struct {
 	// Build information for diagnostics.
@@ -42,8 +75,9 @@ type Monitor struct {
 
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
 
+	globalTags *tags
+
 	mu                sync.RWMutex
-	globalTags        map[string]string
 	diagRegistrations map[string]diagnostics.Client
 	reporter          Reporter
 	done              chan struct{}
@@ -73,7 +107,7 @@ type PointsWriter interface {
 // New returns a new instance of the monitor system.
 func New(r Reporter, c Config) *Monitor {
 	return &Monitor{
-		globalTags:           make(map[string]string),
+		globalTags:           newTags(),
 		diagRegistrations:    make(map[string]diagnostics.Client),
 		reporter:             r,
 		storeEnabled:         c.StoreEnabled,
@@ -138,9 +172,10 @@ func (m *Monitor) WritePoints(p models.Points) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if len(m.globalTags) > 0 {
+	gt := m.globalTags.Tags()
+	if len(gt) > 0 {
 		for _, pp := range p {
-			pp.SetTags(pp.Tags().Merge(m.globalTags))
+			pp.SetTags(pp.Tags().Merge(gt))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -185,9 +220,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) Close() error {
 // SetGlobalTag can be used to set tags that will appear on all points
 // written by the Monitor.
 func (m *Monitor) SetGlobalTag(key string, value interface{}) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	m.globalTags[key] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)
-	m.mu.Unlock()
+	m.globalTags.Add(key, value)
 }
 
 // RemoteWriterConfig represents the configuration of a remote writer.
@@ -440,7 +473,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) storeStatistics() {
 				m.createInternalStorage()
 			}()
 
-			stats, err := m.Statistics(m.globalTags)
+			stats, err := m.Statistics(m.globalTags.Tags())
 			if err != nil {
 				m.Logger.Info("Failed to retrieve registered statistics", zap.Error(err))
 				return