diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e73bb2dd..2594b74ea 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ install:
 before_script:
 - $(exit $(go fmt ./... | wc -l))
 - go vet ./...
-- misspell -error -locale US .
+- find . -type f -name "*.go" | xargs misspell -error -locale US
 - staticcheck ./...
 script:
 - go test -i -race ./...
-- if [[ "$TRAVIS_GO_VERSION" =~ 1.12 ]]; then ./scripts/cov.sh TRAVIS; else go test -race ./...; fi
+- if [[ "$TRAVIS_GO_VERSION" =~ 1.12 ]]; then ./scripts/cov.sh TRAVIS; else go test -race -v -p=1 ./... --failfast; fi
diff --git a/nats.go b/nats.go
index b3a87449a..4a7826c77 100644
--- a/nats.go
+++ b/nats.go
@@ -3884,7 +3884,14 @@ func (nc *Conn) Stats() Statistics {
 	// Stats are updated either under connection's mu or subsMu mutexes.
 	// Lock both to safely get them.
 	nc.mu.Lock()
-	nc.subsMu.RLock()
+	// Note: It would be more logical to get subsMu's read lock here since we are
+	// "reading" the stats. However, in processMsg() we don't lock the connection
+	// (unless we detect a slow consumer) but we do get subsMu read lock to fetch
+	// the subscription the incoming message is for. We do update InMsgs/Bytes under
+	// that read lock. Swithching processMsg()'s subsMu to write lock would decrease
+	// performance, so instead, to avoid the data race, we simply get subsMu's write
+	// lock here.
+	nc.subsMu.Lock()
 	stats := Statistics{
 		InMsgs:     nc.InMsgs,
 		InBytes:    nc.InBytes,
@@ -3892,7 +3899,7 @@ func (nc *Conn) Stats() Statistics {
 		OutBytes:   nc.OutBytes,
 		Reconnects: nc.Reconnects,
 	}
-	nc.subsMu.RUnlock()
+	nc.subsMu.Unlock()
 	nc.mu.Unlock()
 	return stats
 }
diff --git a/nats_test.go b/nats_test.go
index f62f16f2c..0eb649e30 100644
--- a/nats_test.go
+++ b/nats_test.go
@@ -2181,3 +2181,39 @@ func TestAuthErrorOnReconnect(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Wrong status: %d\n", nc.Status())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStatsRace(t *testing.T) {
+	o := natsserver.DefaultTestOptions
+	o.Port = -1
+	s := RunServerWithOptions(&o)
+	defer s.Shutdown()
+
+	nc, err := Connect(fmt.Sprintf("nats://%s:%d", o.Host, o.Port))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error on connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer nc.Close()
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(1)
+	ch := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ch:
+				return
+			default:
+				nc.Stats()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	nc.Subscribe("foo", func(_ *Msg) {})
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		nc.Publish("foo", []byte("hello"))
+	}
+
+	close(ch)
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/scripts/cov.sh b/scripts/cov.sh
index 398b4657d..760e42f06 100755
--- a/scripts/cov.sh
+++ b/scripts/cov.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 rm -rf ./cov
 mkdir cov
-go test -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/nats.out
-go test -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/test.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go ./test
-go test -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/builtin.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go/encoders/builtin ./test -run EncBuiltin
-go test -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/protobuf.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go/encoders/protobuf ./test -run EncProto
+go test --failfast -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/nats.out
+go test --failfast -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/test.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go ./test
+go test --failfast -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/builtin.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go/encoders/builtin ./test -run EncBuiltin
+go test --failfast -v -race -covermode=atomic -coverprofile=./cov/protobuf.out -coverpkg=github.com/nats-io/nats.go/encoders/protobuf ./test -run EncProto
 gocovmerge ./cov/*.out > acc.out
 rm -rf ./cov