diff -r a82793a6d1a0 -r 94c6e36e0f8d master/domain.c
--- a/master/domain.c	Mon Jun 30 15:51:46 2008 +0000
+++ b/master/domain.c	Tue Jul 01 15:38:20 2008 +0000
@@ -344,10 +344,14 @@
 
 void ecrt_domain_external_memory(ec_domain_t *domain, uint8_t *mem)
 {
+    down(&domain->master->master_sem);
+
     ec_domain_clear_data(domain);
 
     domain->data = mem;
     domain->data_origin = EC_ORIG_EXTERNAL;
+
+    up(&domain->master->master_sem);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/