diff --git a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/NetworkTracePoller.cpp b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/NetworkTracePoller.cpp
index d538368..80c315a 100644
--- a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/NetworkTracePoller.cpp
+++ b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/NetworkTracePoller.cpp
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
 namespace bpf {
 namespace internal {
 
-void NetworkTracePoller::SchedulePolling() {
-  // Schedules another run of ourselves to recursively poll periodically.
-  mTaskRunner->PostDelayedTask(
-      [this]() {
-        mMutex.lock();
-        SchedulePolling();
-        ConsumeAllLocked();
-        mMutex.unlock();
-      },
-      mPollMs);
+void NetworkTracePoller::PollAndSchedule(perfetto::base::TaskRunner* runner,
+                                         uint32_t poll_ms) {
+  // Always schedule another run of ourselves to recursively poll periodically.
+  // The task runner is sequential so these can't run on top of each other.
+  runner->PostDelayedTask([=]() { PollAndSchedule(runner, poll_ms); }, poll_ms);
+
+  if (mMutex.try_lock()) {
+    ConsumeAllLocked();
+    mMutex.unlock();
+  }
 }
 
 bool NetworkTracePoller::Start(uint32_t pollMs) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   // Start a task runner to run ConsumeAll every mPollMs milliseconds.
   mTaskRunner = perfetto::Platform::GetDefaultPlatform()->CreateTaskRunner({});
   mPollMs = pollMs;
-  SchedulePolling();
+  PollAndSchedule(mTaskRunner.get(), mPollMs);
 
   mSessionCount++;
   return true;
diff --git a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/include/netdbpf/NetworkTracePoller.h b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/include/netdbpf/NetworkTracePoller.h
index adde51e..8433934 100644
--- a/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/include/netdbpf/NetworkTracePoller.h
+++ b/service-t/native/libs/libnetworkstats/include/netdbpf/NetworkTracePoller.h
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@
   bool ConsumeAll() EXCLUDES(mMutex);
 
  private:
-  void SchedulePolling() REQUIRES(mMutex);
+  // Poll the ring buffer for new data and schedule another run of ourselves
+  // after poll_ms (essentially polling periodically until stopped). This takes
+  // in the runner and poll duration to prevent a hard requirement on the lock
+  // and thus a deadlock while resetting the TaskRunner. The runner pointer is
+  // always valid within tasks run by that runner.
+  void PollAndSchedule(perfetto::base::TaskRunner* runner, uint32_t poll_ms);
   bool ConsumeAllLocked() REQUIRES(mMutex);
 
   std::mutex mMutex;