diff --git a/irc/logger/logger.go b/irc/logger/logger.go
index 2e9f2f05..48cbb097 100644
--- a/irc/logger/logger.go
+++ b/irc/logger/logger.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	colorable "github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ type Manager struct {
 	loggers         []singleLogger
 	stdoutWriteLock sync.Mutex // use one lock for both stdout and stderr
 	fileWriteLock   sync.Mutex
-	loggingRawIO    bool
+	loggingRawIO    uint32
 }
 
 // LoggingConfig represents the configuration of a single logger.
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func (logger *Manager) ApplyConfig(config []LoggingConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	logger.loggers = nil
-	logger.loggingRawIO = false
+	atomic.StoreUint32(&logger.loggingRawIO, 0)
 
 	// for safety, this deep-copies all mutable data in `config`
 	// XXX let's keep it that way
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func (logger *Manager) ApplyConfig(config []LoggingConfig) error {
 			fileWriteLock:   &logger.fileWriteLock,
 		}
 		if typeMap["userinput"] || typeMap["useroutput"] || (typeMap["*"] && !(excludedTypeMap["userinput"] && excludedTypeMap["useroutput"])) {
-			logger.loggingRawIO = true
+			atomic.StoreUint32(&logger.loggingRawIO, 1)
 		}
 		if sLogger.MethodFile.Enabled {
 			file, err := os.OpenFile(sLogger.MethodFile.Filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
@@ -143,9 +144,7 @@ func (logger *Manager) ApplyConfig(config []LoggingConfig) error {
 
 // IsLoggingRawIO returns true if raw user input and output is being logged.
 func (logger *Manager) IsLoggingRawIO() bool {
-	logger.configMutex.RLock()
-	defer logger.configMutex.RUnlock()
-	return logger.loggingRawIO
+	return atomic.LoadUint32(&logger.loggingRawIO) == 1
 }
 
 // Log logs the given message with the given details.