diff --git a/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go b/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
index 12076e6dcab5..4c4231572a0a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/node_liveness.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ type NodeLiveness struct {
 	metrics         LivenessMetrics
 
 	mu struct {
-		syncutil.Mutex
+		syncutil.RWMutex
 		callbacks         []IsLiveCallback
 		nodes             map[roachpb.NodeID]storagepb.Liveness
 		heartbeatCallback HeartbeatCallback
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) StartHeartbeat(
 	retryOpts := base.DefaultRetryOptions()
 	retryOpts.Closer = stopper.ShouldQuiesce()
 
-	nl.mu.Lock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
 	nl.mu.heartbeatCallback = alive
-	nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	stopper.RunWorker(ctx, func(context.Context) {
 		ambient := nl.ambientCtx
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) heartbeatInternal(
 // liveness record successfully, nor received a gossip message containing
 // a former liveness update on restart.
 func (nl *NodeLiveness) Self() (*storagepb.Liveness, error) {
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 	return nl.getLivenessLocked(nl.gossip.NodeID.Get())
 }
 
@@ -614,9 +614,9 @@ type IsLiveMap map[roachpb.NodeID]IsLiveMapEntry
 // each node. This excludes nodes that were removed completely (dead +
 // decommissioning).
 func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetIsLiveMap() IsLiveMap {
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
 	lMap := IsLiveMap{}
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 	now := nl.clock.Now()
 	maxOffset := nl.clock.MaxOffset()
 	for nID, l := range nl.mu.nodes {
@@ -637,8 +637,8 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetIsLiveMap() IsLiveMap {
 // every node on the cluster known to gossip. Callers should consider
 // calling (statusServer).NodesWithLiveness() instead where possible.
 func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetLivenesses() []storagepb.Liveness {
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 	livenesses := make([]storagepb.Liveness, 0, len(nl.mu.nodes))
 	for _, l := range nl.mu.nodes {
 		livenesses = append(livenesses, l)
@@ -650,8 +650,8 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetLivenesses() []storagepb.Liveness {
 // ErrNoLivenessRecord is returned in the event that nothing is yet
 // known about nodeID via liveness gossip.
 func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetLiveness(nodeID roachpb.NodeID) (*storagepb.Liveness, error) {
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 	return nl.getLivenessLocked(nodeID)
 }
 
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) numLiveNodes() int64 {
 	now := nl.clock.Now()
 	maxOffset := nl.clock.MaxOffset()
 
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	self, err := nl.getLivenessLocked(selfID)
 	if err == ErrNoLivenessRecord {
@@ -977,8 +977,8 @@ func (nl *NodeLiveness) AsLiveClock() closedts.LiveClockFn {
 // GetNodeCount returns a count of the number of nodes in the cluster,
 // including dead nodes, but excluding decommissioning or decommissioned nodes.
 func (nl *NodeLiveness) GetNodeCount() int {
-	nl.mu.Lock()
-	defer nl.mu.Unlock()
+	nl.mu.RLock()
+	defer nl.mu.RUnlock()
 	var count int
 	for _, l := range nl.mu.nodes {
 		if !l.Decommissioning {