diff --git a/src/ca/caChannel.cpp b/src/ca/caChannel.cpp
index 7d2dc09..47b4fe3 100644
--- a/src/ca/caChannel.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/caChannel.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ void CAChannel::activate(short priority)
 CAChannel::~CAChannel()
 {
     if(DEBUG_LEVEL>0) {
-        cout << "CAChannel::~CAChannel() " << channelName << endl;
+        cout << "CAChannel::~CAChannel() " << channelName 
+             << " channelCreated " << (channelCreated ? "true" : "false")
+             << endl;
     }
     {
         Lock lock(requestsMutex);
@@ -725,7 +727,8 @@ CAChannelMonitor::~CAChannelMonitor()
             << endl;
     }
     if(isStarted)  stop();
-    stopMonitorThread->waitForNoEvents();
+    stopMonitorThread->addNoEventsCallback(&waitForNoEvents);
+    waitForNoEvents.wait();
 }
 
 void CAChannelMonitor::activate()
@@ -800,6 +803,7 @@ epics::pvData::Status CAChannelMonitor::start()
     }
     channel->attachContext();
     monitorQueue->start();
+    isStarted = true;
     int result = ca_create_subscription(dbdToPv->getRequestType(),
          0,
          channel->getChannelID(), DBE_VALUE,
@@ -807,7 +811,6 @@ epics::pvData::Status CAChannelMonitor::start()
          &eventID);
     if (result == ECA_NORMAL)
     {
-        isStarted = true;
         result = ca_flush_io();
     }
     if (result == ECA_NORMAL) return status;
diff --git a/src/ca/caChannel.h b/src/ca/caChannel.h
index 529d17d..24b0dfd 100644
--- a/src/ca/caChannel.h
+++ b/src/ca/caChannel.h
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ private:
     StopMonitorThreadPtr stopMonitorThread;
 
     DbdToPvPtr dbdToPv;
+    epics::pvData::Event waitForNoEvents;
     epics::pvData::PVStructure::shared_pointer pvStructure;
     epics::pvData::MonitorElementPtr activeElement;
     evid eventID;
diff --git a/src/ca/caProviderPvt.h b/src/ca/caProviderPvt.h
index 3ba1cab..c04361e 100644
--- a/src/ca/caProviderPvt.h
+++ b/src/ca/caProviderPvt.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace epics {
 namespace pvAccess {
 namespace ca {
 
-#define DEBUG_LEVEL 1
+#define DEBUG_LEVEL 0
 
 class StopMonitorThread;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<StopMonitorThread> StopMonitorThreadPtr;
diff --git a/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.cpp b/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.cpp
index ab1c356..794bcd6 100644
--- a/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ StopMonitorThreadPtr StopMonitorThread::get()
 StopMonitorThread::StopMonitorThread()
 : isStop(false),
   isAttachContext(false),
-  isWaitForNoEvents(false),
   current_context(NULL)
 {
 }
@@ -74,27 +73,19 @@ void StopMonitorThread::stop()
 
 void StopMonitorThread::callStop(evid pevid)
 {
-    {
-        Lock xx(mutex);
-        evidQueue.push(&(*pevid));
-    }
+    Lock xx(mutex);
+    evidQueue.push(&(*pevid));
     waitForCommand.signal();
 }
 
-void StopMonitorThread::waitForNoEvents()
+void StopMonitorThread::addNoEventsCallback(Event * event)
 {
-    while(true)
-    {
-        {
-            Lock xx(mutex);
-            if(evidQueue.size()==0) return;
-            isWaitForNoEvents = true;
-        }
-        waitForCommand.signal();
-        noMoreEvents.wait();
-    }
+    Lock xx(mutex);
+    noEventsCallbackQueue.push(event);
+    waitForCommand.signal(); 
 }
 
+
 void StopMonitorThread::run()
 {
     while(true)
@@ -112,7 +103,7 @@ void StopMonitorThread::run()
              isAttachContext = false;
          }
          if(evidQueue.size()>0)
-         {   
+         {
              while(!evidQueue.empty())
              {
                  evid pvid = evidQueue.front();
@@ -125,10 +116,14 @@ void StopMonitorThread::run()
                  }
              }
          }
-         if(isWaitForNoEvents)
+         if(noEventsCallbackQueue.size()>0)
          {
-              isWaitForNoEvents = false;
-              noMoreEvents.signal();
+             while(!noEventsCallbackQueue.empty())
+             {
+                  Event * event = noEventsCallbackQueue.front();
+                  noEventsCallbackQueue.pop();
+                  event->signal();
+             }
          }
          if(isStop) {
              waitForStop.signal();
diff --git a/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.h b/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.h
index 4b88627..d2e7bd2 100644
--- a/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.h
+++ b/src/ca/stopMonitorThread.h
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ namespace epics {
 namespace pvAccess {
 namespace ca {
 
+
 class StopMonitorThread;
 typedef std::tr1::shared_ptr<StopMonitorThread> StopMonitorThreadPtr;
 
+
 class StopMonitorThread :
      public epicsThreadRunable
 {
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ public:
     static StopMonitorThreadPtr get();
     void callStop(evid pevid);
     void attachContext(ca_client_context* current_context);
-    void waitForNoEvents();
+    void addNoEventsCallback(epics::pvData::Event * event);
 private:
     StopMonitorThread();
 
@@ -42,11 +44,10 @@ private:
     epics::pvData::Mutex mutex;
     epics::pvData::Event waitForCommand;
     epics::pvData::Event waitForStop;
-    epics::pvData::Event noMoreEvents;
     std::queue<evid> evidQueue;
+    std::queue<epics::pvData::Event *> noEventsCallbackQueue;
     bool isStop;
     bool isAttachContext;
-    bool isWaitForNoEvents;
     ca_client_context* current_context;
 };