diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/SimpleMovingAverage.h b/libraries/shared/src/SimpleMovingAverage.h
index 2559bb36ec..783c13d4b1 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/SimpleMovingAverage.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/SimpleMovingAverage.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
     const float WEIGHTING = 1.0f / (float)MAX_NUM_SAMPLES;
     const float ONE_MINUS_WEIGHTING = 1.0f - WEIGHTING;
     std::atomic<int> numSamples{ 0 };
-    T average;
+    std::atomic<T> average;
 
     void clear() {
         numSamples = 0;
diff --git a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
index 8f10efed86..a6bf5df9dd 100644
--- a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.cpp
@@ -496,21 +496,21 @@ void KinectPlugin::ProcessBody(INT64 time, int bodyCount, IBody** bodies) {
                                     static const quat kinectToHandRight = glm::angleAxis(-PI / 2.0f, Vectors::UNIT_Y);
                                     // add moving average of orientation quaternion 
                                     glm::quat jointSample = jointOrientation * kinectToHandRight;
-                                    if (glm::dot(jointSample, _RightHandOrientationAverage.average) < 0) {
+                                    if (glm::dot(jointSample, _RightHandOrientationAverage.getAverage()) < 0) {
                                         jointSample = -jointSample;
                                     }
                                     _RightHandOrientationAverage.addSample(jointSample);
-                                    _joints[j].orientation = glm::normalize(_RightHandOrientationAverage.average);
+                                    _joints[j].orientation = glm::normalize(_RightHandOrientationAverage.getAverage());
                                 }  else if (joints[j].JointType == JointType_HandLeft) {
                                     // To transform from Kinect to our LEFT  Hand.... Postive 90 deg around Y
                                     static const quat kinectToHandLeft = glm::angleAxis(PI / 2.0f, Vectors::UNIT_Y);
                                     // add moving average of orientation quaternion 
                                     glm::quat jointSample = jointOrientation * kinectToHandLeft;
-                                    if (glm::dot(jointSample, _LeftHandOrientationAverage.average) < 0) {
+                                    if (glm::dot(jointSample, _LeftHandOrientationAverage.getAverage()) < 0) {
                                         jointSample = -jointSample;
                                     }
                                     _LeftHandOrientationAverage.addSample(jointSample);
-                                    _joints[j].orientation = glm::normalize(_LeftHandOrientationAverage.average);
+                                    _joints[j].orientation = glm::normalize(_LeftHandOrientationAverage.getAverage());
                                 } else {
                                     _joints[j].orientation = jointOrientation;
                                 }
diff --git a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.h b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.h
index 73cc9f4103..68ba1a7b86 100644
--- a/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.h
+++ b/plugins/hifiKinect/src/KinectPlugin.h
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public:
 private:
     // add variables for moving average
 
-    MovingAverage<glm::quat, 2> _LeftHandOrientationAverage;
-    MovingAverage<glm::quat, 2> _RightHandOrientationAverage;
+    ThreadSafeMovingAverage<glm::quat, 2> _LeftHandOrientationAverage;
+    ThreadSafeMovingAverage<glm::quat, 2> _RightHandOrientationAverage;
 
 protected: