diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip4_sv_reass.c b/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip4_sv_reass.c
index f5fa575..9971daf 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip4_sv_reass.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip4_sv_reass.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@
   ip4_sv_reass_t *reass = NULL;
   f64 now = vlib_time_now (vm);
 
+again:
+
   if (!clib_bihash_search_16_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, &kv->kv))
     {
       if (vm->thread_index != kv->v.thread_index)
@@ -375,10 +377,14 @@
   kv->v.thread_index = vm->thread_index;
   reass->last_heard = now;
 
-  if (clib_bihash_add_del_16_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, 1))
+  int rv = clib_bihash_add_del_16_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, 2);
+  if (rv)
     {
       ip4_sv_reass_free (vm, rm, rt, reass);
       reass = NULL;
+      // if other worker created a context already work with the other copy
+      if (-2 == rv)
+	goto again;
     }
 
   return reass;
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip6_sv_reass.c b/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip6_sv_reass.c
index 58c7d8d..23ae678 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip6_sv_reass.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/reass/ip6_sv_reass.c
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@
   ip6_sv_reass_t *reass = NULL;
   f64 now = vlib_time_now (vm);
 
+again:
+
   if (!clib_bihash_search_48_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, &kv->kv))
     {
       if (vm->thread_index != kv->v.thread_index)
@@ -370,10 +372,14 @@
   kv->v.thread_index = vm->thread_index;
   reass->last_heard = now;
 
-  if (clib_bihash_add_del_48_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, 1))
+  int rv = clib_bihash_add_del_48_8 (&rm->hash, &kv->kv, 2);
+  if (rv)
     {
       ip6_sv_reass_free (vm, rm, rt, reass);
       reass = NULL;
+      // if other worker created a context already work with the other copy
+      if (-2 == rv)
+	goto again;
     }
 
   return reass;