diff --git a/src/rdb.cpp b/src/rdb.cpp
index edbf1ccaa..e5ec4804b 100644
--- a/src/rdb.cpp
+++ b/src/rdb.cpp
@@ -2639,17 +2639,15 @@ class rdbAsyncWorkThread
 {
     rdbSaveInfo *rsi;
     int rdbflags;
-    list *listJobs;
-    std::mutex mutex;
-    std::condition_variable cv;
-    std::condition_variable cvThrottle;
+    moodycamel::BlockingConcurrentQueue<JobBase*> queueJobs;
     fastlock m_lockPause { "rdbAsyncWork-Pause"};
     bool fLaunched = false;
-    bool fExit = false;
+    std::atomic<int> fExit {false};
     std::atomic<size_t> ckeysLoaded;
     std::atomic<int> cstorageWritesInFlight;
     std::atomic<bool> workerThreadDone;
     std::thread m_thread;
+    std::vector<JobBase*> vecbatch;
     long long now;
     long long lastPing = -1;
 
@@ -2664,14 +2662,11 @@ public:
     {
         ckeysLoaded = 0;
         cstorageWritesInFlight = 0;
-        listJobs = listCreate();
-        listSetFreeMethod(listJobs, listFreeMethod);
     }
 
     ~rdbAsyncWorkThread() {
         if (m_thread.joinable())
             endWork();
-        listRelease(listJobs);
     }
 
     void start() {
@@ -2680,26 +2675,24 @@ public:
         fLaunched = true;
     }
 
-    void throttle(std::unique_lock<std::mutex> &l) {
-        if (listLength(listJobs) > 0 && (listLength(listJobs) % 1024 == 0) && (getMaxmemoryState(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) != C_OK)) {
-            cvThrottle.wait(l);
-            while (cstorageWritesInFlight.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) && (getMaxmemoryState(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) != C_OK)) {
-                l.unlock();
+    void throttle() {
+        if (g_pserver->m_pstorageFactory && (getMaxmemoryState(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) != C_OK)) {
+            while ((cstorageWritesInFlight.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) || queueJobs.size_approx()) && (getMaxmemoryState(NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL) != C_OK)) {
                 usleep(1);
                 pauseExecution();
                 ProcessWhileBlocked();
                 resumeExecution();
-                l.lock();
             }
         }
     }
 
-    void enqueue(std::unique_ptr<rdbInsertJob> &spjob) {
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(mutex);
-        throttle(l);
-        listAddNodeTail(listJobs, spjob.release());
-        if (listLength(listJobs) == 1)
-            cv.notify_one();
+    void enqueue(std::unique_ptr<rdbInsertJob> &spjob) {        
+        vecbatch.push_back(spjob.release());
+        if (vecbatch.size() >= 64) {
+            queueJobs.enqueue_bulk(vecbatch.data(), vecbatch.size());
+            vecbatch.clear();
+            throttle();
+        }
     }
 
     void pauseExecution() {
@@ -2711,12 +2704,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     void enqueue(std::function<void()> &&fn) {
-        JobBase *pjob = new rdbFunctionJob(std::move(fn));
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(mutex);
-        throttle(l);
-        listAddNodeTail(listJobs, pjob);
-        if (listLength(listJobs) == 1)
-            cv.notify_one();
+        std::unique_ptr<JobBase> spjob = std::make_unique<rdbFunctionJob>(std::move(fn));
+        queueJobs.enqueue(spjob.release());
+        throttle();
     }
 
     void ProcessWhileBlocked() {
@@ -2739,11 +2729,13 @@ public:
     size_t ckeys() { return ckeysLoaded; }
 
     size_t endWork() {
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(mutex);
+        if (!vecbatch.empty()) {
+            queueJobs.enqueue_bulk(vecbatch.data(), vecbatch.size());
+            vecbatch.clear();
+        }
+        std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_seq_cst);    // The queue must have transferred to the consumer before we call fExit
         serverAssert(fLaunched);
         fExit = true;
-        cv.notify_one();
-        l.unlock();
         if (g_pserver->m_pstorageFactory) {
             // If we have a storage provider it can take some time to complete and we want to process events in the meantime
             while (!workerThreadDone) {
@@ -2760,7 +2752,7 @@ public:
         }
         fLaunched = false;
         fExit = false;
-        serverAssert(listLength(listJobs) == 0);
+        serverAssert(queueJobs.size_approx() == 0);
         return ckeysLoaded;
     }
 
@@ -2863,40 +2855,35 @@ public:
         }
 
         for (;;) {
-            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue.mutex);
-            if (listLength(queue.listJobs) == 0) {
-                if (queue.fExit)
-                    break;
-                queue.cv.wait(lock);
-                if (listLength(queue.listJobs) == 0 && queue.fExit)
+            if (queue.queueJobs.size_approx() == 0) {
+                if (queue.fExit.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
                     break;
             }
-            pqueue->cvThrottle.notify_one();
-            
-            list *listJobs = queue.listJobs;
-            queue.listJobs = listCreate();
-            listSetFreeMethod(queue.listJobs, listFreeMethod);
-            lock.unlock();
+
+            if (queue.fExit.load(std::memory_order_seq_cst) && queue.queueJobs.size_approx() == 0)
+                break;
 
             vars.gcEpoch = g_pserver->garbageCollector.startEpoch();
-            while (listLength(listJobs)) {
+            JobBase *rgjob[64];
+            int cjobs = 0;
+            while ((cjobs = pqueue->queueJobs.wait_dequeue_bulk_timed(rgjob, 64, std::chrono::milliseconds(5))) > 0) {
                 std::unique_lock<fastlock> ulPause(pqueue->m_lockPause);
-                JobBase *pjobBase = ((JobBase*)listNodeValue(listFirst(listJobs)));
 
-                switch (pjobBase->type)
-                {
-                case JobBase::JobType::Insert:
-                    pqueue->processJob(*static_cast<rdbInsertJob*>(pjobBase));
-                    break;
+                for (int ijob = 0; ijob < cjobs; ++ijob) {
+                    JobBase *pjob = rgjob[ijob];
+                    switch (pjob->type)
+                    {
+                    case JobBase::JobType::Insert:
+                        pqueue->processJob(*static_cast<rdbInsertJob*>(pjob));
+                        break;
 
-                case JobBase::JobType::Function:
-                    static_cast<rdbFunctionJob*>(pjobBase)->m_fn();
-                    break;
+                    case JobBase::JobType::Function:
+                        static_cast<rdbFunctionJob*>(pjob)->m_fn();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    delete pjob;
                 }
-                // Pop from the list
-                listDelNode(listJobs, listFirst(listJobs));
             }
-            listRelease(listJobs);
             g_pserver->garbageCollector.endEpoch(vars.gcEpoch);
         }
 
@@ -2906,8 +2893,6 @@ public:
         }
 
         queue.workerThreadDone = true;
-        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue.mutex);
-        serverAssert(listLength(queue.listJobs) == 0);
         ProcessPendingAsyncWrites();
         listRelease(vars.clients_pending_asyncwrite);
         aeSetThreadOwnsLockOverride(false);
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 197a7a7be..1153fde23 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include "rio.h"
 #include "atomicvar.h"
 
+#include <concurrentqueue.h>
+#include <blockingconcurrentqueue.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <cmath>