diff --git a/Source/ARTPushActivationStateMachine.m b/Source/ARTPushActivationStateMachine.m
index cca151076..cf0a08190 100644
--- a/Source/ARTPushActivationStateMachine.m
+++ b/Source/ARTPushActivationStateMachine.m
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ - (void)persist {
 
 - (void)deviceRegistration:(ARTErrorInfo *)error {
     #ifdef TARGET_OS_IOS
-    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device;
+    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device_nosync;
 
     if (![[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate conformsToProtocol:@protocol(ARTPushRegistererDelegate)]) {
         [NSException raise:@"ARTPushRegistererDelegate must be implemented on AppDelegate" format:@""];
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ - (void)deviceRegistration:(ARTErrorInfo *)error {
 
 - (void)deviceUpdateRegistration:(ARTErrorInfo *)error {
     #ifdef TARGET_OS_IOS
-    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device;
+    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device_nosync;
 
     if (![[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate conformsToProtocol:@protocol(ARTPushRegistererDelegate)]) {
         [NSException raise:@"ARTPushRegistererDelegate must be implemented on AppDelegate" format:@""];
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ - (void)deviceUpdateRegistration:(ARTErrorInfo *)error {
 
 - (void)deviceUnregistration:(ARTErrorInfo *)error {
     #ifdef TARGET_OS_IOS
-    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device;
+    ARTLocalDevice *local = _rest.device_nosync;
 
     id delegate = [UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate;
 
diff --git a/Source/ARTRest.h b/Source/ARTRest.h
index f96fb4b49..847f87f97 100644
--- a/Source/ARTRest.h
+++ b/Source/ARTRest.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) ARTPush *push;
 #ifdef TARGET_OS_IOS
 @property (nonnull, nonatomic, readonly, getter=device) ARTLocalDevice *device;
+@property (nonnull, nonatomic, readonly, getter=device_nosync) ARTLocalDevice *device_nosync;
 #endif
 
 @end
diff --git a/Source/ARTRest.m b/Source/ARTRest.m
index 0c8869969..5eef26063 100644
--- a/Source/ARTRest.m
+++ b/Source/ARTRest.m
@@ -581,12 +581,18 @@ void ARTstopHandlingUncaughtExceptions(ARTRest *self) {
 }
 
 - (ARTLocalDevice *)device {
+    __block ARTLocalDevice *ret;
+    dispatch_sync(_queue, ^{
+        ret = [self device_nosync];
+    });
+    return ret;
+}
+
+- (NSString *)device_nosync {
     static dispatch_once_t once;
     static id device;
     dispatch_once(&once, ^{
-        dispatch_sync(_queue, ^{
-            device = [ARTLocalDevice load:self];
-        });
+        device = [ARTLocalDevice load:self];
     });
     return device;
 }