diff --git a/data/stoat/whitelist.txt b/data/stoat/whitelist.txt
index e3163ee12..904d133e9 100644
--- a/data/stoat/whitelist.txt
+++ b/data/stoat/whitelist.txt
@@ -216,3 +216,4 @@ LinuxSampler::InstrumentManager::LoadInstrumentInBackground
 llround
 llabs
 clock_gettime
+RtLinkedList$vtable3
diff --git a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp
index 4c66c53cb..df622104d 100644
--- a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPlugin.cpp
@@ -1864,9 +1864,9 @@ void CarlaPlugin::idle()
 #endif
     }
 
-    const CarlaMutexLocker sl(pData->postRtEvents.mutex);
+    const CarlaMutexLocker sl(pData->postRtEvents.getDataMutex());
 
-    for (RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent>::Itenerator it = pData->postRtEvents.data.begin2(); it.valid(); it.next())
+    for (RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent>::Itenerator it = pData->postRtEvents.getDataIterator(); it.valid(); it.next())
     {
         const PluginPostRtEvent& event(it.getValue(kPluginPostRtEventFallback));
         CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(event.type != kPluginPostRtEventNull);
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ void CarlaPlugin::idle()
         }
     }
 
-    pData->postRtEvents.data.clear();
+    pData->postRtEvents.clearData();
 }
 
 bool CarlaPlugin::tryLock(const bool forcedOffline) noexcept
diff --git a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp
index 2bf31e5d0..c0028e596 100644
--- a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.cpp
@@ -501,40 +501,49 @@ void CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::Latency::recreateBuffers(const uint32_t newChan
 // ProtectedData::PostRtEvents
 
 CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::PostRtEvents() noexcept
-    : mutex(),
-      dataPool(128, 128),
+    : dataPool(128, 128),
+      dataPendingRT(dataPool),
       data(dataPool),
-      dataPendingRT(dataPool) {}
+      dataMutex(),
+      dataPendingMutex() {}
 
 CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::~PostRtEvents() noexcept
 {
-    clear();
+    dataMutex.lock();
+    data.clear();
+    dataMutex.unlock();
+
+    dataPendingMutex.lock();
+    dataPendingRT.clear();
+    dataPendingMutex.unlock();
 }
 
 void CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::appendRT(const PluginPostRtEvent& e) noexcept
 {
-    // FIXME
-    mutex.lock();
+    CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(dataPendingMutex.tryLock(),);
+
     dataPendingRT.append(e);
-    mutex.unlock();
+    dataPendingMutex.unlock();
 }
 
 void CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::trySplice() noexcept
 {
-    if (mutex.tryLock())
+    if (dataMutex.tryLock())
     {
         if (dataPendingRT.count() > 0)
             dataPendingRT.moveTo(data, true);
-        mutex.unlock();
+        dataMutex.unlock();
     }
 }
 
-void CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::clear() noexcept
+void CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData::PostRtEvents::clearData() noexcept
 {
-    mutex.lock();
+    const bool tryLockOk(dataMutex.tryLock());
+    CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT(! tryLockOk);
     data.clear();
-    dataPendingRT.clear();
-    mutex.unlock();
+
+    if (tryLockOk)
+        dataMutex.unlock();
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.hpp b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.hpp
index 5dadd7827..91614214d 100644
--- a/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.hpp
+++ b/source/backend/plugin/CarlaPluginInternal.hpp
@@ -282,19 +282,34 @@ struct CarlaPlugin::ProtectedData {
 
     } latency;
 
-    struct PostRtEvents {
-        CarlaMutex mutex;
-        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent>::Pool dataPool;
-        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent> data;
-        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent> dataPendingRT;
-
+    class PostRtEvents {
+    public:
         PostRtEvents() noexcept;
         ~PostRtEvents() noexcept;
         void appendRT(const PluginPostRtEvent& event) noexcept;
         void trySplice() noexcept;
-        void clear() noexcept;
+        void clearData() noexcept;
+
+        inline CarlaMutex& getDataMutex() noexcept
+        {
+            return dataMutex;
+        }
+
+        inline RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent>::Itenerator getDataIterator() const noexcept
+        {
+            return data.begin2();
+        }
+
+    private:
+        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent>::Pool dataPool;
+        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent> dataPendingRT;
+        RtLinkedList<PluginPostRtEvent> data;
+        CarlaMutex dataMutex;
+
+        // TESTING for thread-safety, remove later
+        CarlaMutex dataPendingMutex;
 
-        CARLA_DECLARE_NON_COPY_STRUCT(PostRtEvents)
+        CARLA_DECLARE_NON_COPY_CLASS(PostRtEvents)
 
     } postRtEvents;
 
diff --git a/source/utils/RtLinkedList.hpp b/source/utils/RtLinkedList.hpp
index 5d8c86f2f..0d8f91aeb 100644
--- a/source/utils/RtLinkedList.hpp
+++ b/source/utils/RtLinkedList.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * High-level, real-time safe, templated, C++ doubly-linked list
- * Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Filipe Coelho <falktx@falktx.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -107,6 +107,69 @@ public:
     RtLinkedList(Pool& memPool) noexcept
         : fMemPool(memPool) {}
 
+#ifdef STOAT_TEST_BUILD
+    // overridden for stoat
+    bool append(const T& value) noexcept
+    {
+        if (typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data* const data = _allocate())
+            return this->_add_internal(data, value, true, &this->fQueue);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void clear() noexcept
+    {
+        if (this->fCount == 0)
+            return;
+
+        for (typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::ListHead *entry = this->fQueue.next, *entry2 = entry->next;
+             entry != &this->fQueue; entry = entry2, entry2 = entry->next)
+        {
+            typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data* const data = list_entry(entry, typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data, siblings);
+            CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_CONTINUE(data != nullptr);
+
+            this->_deallocate(data);
+        }
+
+        this->_init();
+    }
+
+    T getFirst(T& fallback, const bool removeObj) noexcept
+    {
+        CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(this->fCount > 0, fallback);
+
+        typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::ListHead* const entry = this->fQueue.next;
+
+        typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data* const data = list_entry(entry, typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data, siblings);
+        CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(data != nullptr, fallback);
+
+        if (! removeObj)
+            return data->value;
+
+        const T value(data->value);
+
+        _deleteRT(entry, data);
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    void _deleteRT(typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::ListHead* const entry, typename AbstractLinkedList<T>::Data* const data) noexcept
+    {
+        CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(entry       != nullptr,);
+        CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(entry->prev != nullptr,);
+        CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(entry->next != nullptr,);
+
+        --this->fCount;
+
+        entry->next->prev = entry->prev;
+        entry->prev->next = entry->next;
+
+        entry->next = nullptr;
+        entry->prev = nullptr;
+
+        _deallocate(data);
+    }
+#endif
+
     bool append_sleepy(const T& value) noexcept
     {
         return _add_sleepy(value, true);