diff --git a/platypush/plugins/adafruit/io.py b/platypush/plugins/adafruit/io.py
index 9700b1ccd1..0658033923 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/adafruit/io.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/adafruit/io.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import ast
 import statistics
 import time
 
-from threading import Thread
+from threading import Thread, Lock
 from Adafruit_IO import Client
 from Adafruit_IO.errors import ThrottlingError
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from platypush.context import get_backend
 from platypush.message import Message
 from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
 
+data_throttler_lock = Lock()
+
 class AdafruitIoPlugin(Plugin):
     """
     This plugin allows you to interact with the Adafruit IO
@@ -62,9 +64,10 @@ class AdafruitIoPlugin(Plugin):
         self.aio = Client(username=username, key=key)
         self.throttle_seconds = throttle_seconds
 
-        if self.throttle_seconds:
+        if self.throttle_seconds and not data_throttler_lock.locked():
             redis = self._get_redis()
             self.logger.info('Starting Adafruit IO throttler thread')
+            data_throttler_lock.acquire(False)
             self.data_throttler = Thread(target=self._data_throttler())
             self.data_throttler.start()
 
@@ -85,32 +88,35 @@ class AdafruitIoPlugin(Plugin):
             last_processed_batch_timestamp = None
             data = {}
 
-            while True:
-                try:
-                    new_data = ast.literal_eval(
-                        redis.blpop(self._DATA_THROTTLER_QUEUE)[1].decode('utf-8'))
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        new_data = ast.literal_eval(
+                            redis.blpop(self._DATA_THROTTLER_QUEUE)[1].decode('utf-8'))
 
-                    for (key, value) in new_data.items():
-                        data.setdefault(key, []).append(value)
-                except QueueTimeoutError:
-                    pass
+                        for (key, value) in new_data.items():
+                            data.setdefault(key, []).append(value)
+                    except QueueTimeoutError:
+                        pass
 
-                if data and (last_processed_batch_timestamp is None or
-                            time.time() - last_processed_batch_timestamp >= self.throttle_seconds):
-                    last_processed_batch_timestamp = time.time()
-                    self.logger.info('Processing feeds batch for Adafruit IO')
+                    if data and (last_processed_batch_timestamp is None or
+                                time.time() - last_processed_batch_timestamp >= self.throttle_seconds):
+                        last_processed_batch_timestamp = time.time()
+                        self.logger.info('Processing feeds batch for Adafruit IO')
 
-                    for (feed, values) in data.items():
-                        if values:
-                            value = statistics.mean(values)
+                        for (feed, values) in data.items():
+                            if values:
+                                value = statistics.mean(values)
 
-                            try:
-                                self.send(feed, value, enqueue=False)
-                            except ThrottlingError:
-                                self.logger.warning('Adafruit IO throttling threshold hit, taking a nap before retrying')
-                                time.sleep(self.throttle_seconds)
+                                try:
+                                    self.send(feed, value, enqueue=False)
+                                except ThrottlingError:
+                                    self.logger.warning('Adafruit IO throttling threshold hit, taking a nap before retrying')
+                                    time.sleep(self.throttle_seconds)
 
-                    data = {}
+                        data = {}
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.exception(e)
 
         return run