diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
index 9bb8638773..b10bd3c4ad 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// <param name="u">The umbraco usercontext</param>
         /// <param name="Email">The email of the user</param>
         /// <returns>The new member</returns>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
         public static Member MakeNew(string Name, string LoginName, string Email, MemberType mbt, User u)
         {
             if (mbt == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("mbt");
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
index e5ff610cc2..0a0612dc83 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.propertytype;
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="Text">The name of the MemberType</param>
         /// <param name="u">Creator of the MemberType</param>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
         public static MemberType MakeNew(User u, string Text)
         {
             int ParentId = -1;