diff --git a/src/ZoneTree/Collections/BplusTree/BTree.Write.cs b/src/ZoneTree/Collections/BplusTree/BTree.Write.cs
index dfe4d81..b81284c 100644
--- a/src/ZoneTree/Collections/BplusTree/BTree.Write.cs
+++ b/src/ZoneTree/Collections/BplusTree/BTree.Write.cs
@@ -135,11 +135,28 @@ public partial class BTree<TKey, TValue>
             (var left, var right) = childLeaf
                 .SplitLeaf(pivotPosition, LeafSize, GetNodeLocker(), GetNodeLocker());
 
-            left.Previous = childLeaf.Previous;
-            right.Next = childLeaf.Next;
-
             var pre = childLeaf.Previous;
+            pre?.WriteLock();
+            // prevent neighbour split at the same time.
+            while (childLeaf.Previous != pre)
+            {
+                pre.WriteUnlock();
+                pre = childLeaf.Previous;
+                pre.WriteLock();
+            }
+
             var next = childLeaf.Next;
+            next?.WriteLock();
+            // prevent neighbour split at the same time.
+            while (childLeaf.Next != next)
+            {
+                next.WriteUnlock();
+                next = childLeaf.Next;
+                next.WriteLock();
+            }
+
+            left.Previous = pre;
+            right.Next = next;
             
             if (pre == null)
                 FirstLeafNode = left;
@@ -151,6 +168,9 @@ public partial class BTree<TKey, TValue>
             else
                 next.Previous = right;
 
+            next?.WriteUnlock();
+            pre?.WriteUnlock();
+
             parent.InsertKeyAndChild(parentInsertPosition, in pivotKey, left, right);
         }
         else
@@ -176,8 +196,8 @@ public partial class BTree<TKey, TValue>
                     return false;
                 }
                 leaf.Insert(position, in key, in value);
-                node.WriteUnlock();
                 Interlocked.Increment(ref _length);
+                node.WriteUnlock();
                 return true;
             }
 
@@ -215,8 +235,8 @@ public partial class BTree<TKey, TValue>
 
                 opIndex = IncrementalIdProvider.NextId();
                 leaf.Insert(position, in key, in value);
-                node.WriteUnlock();
                 Interlocked.Increment(ref _length);
+                node.WriteUnlock();
                 return true;
             }
 
@@ -257,8 +277,8 @@ public partial class BTree<TKey, TValue>
                 TValue value = default;
                 adder(ref value);
                 leaf.Insert(position, in key, in value);
-                node.WriteUnlock();
                 Interlocked.Increment(ref _length);
+                node.WriteUnlock();
                 return AddOrUpdateResult.ADDED;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/ZoneTree/Core/ZoneTree.cs b/src/ZoneTree/Core/ZoneTree.cs
index 91c352a..87e2eca 100644
--- a/src/ZoneTree/Core/ZoneTree.cs
+++ b/src/ZoneTree/Core/ZoneTree.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public sealed class ZoneTree<TKey, TValue> : IZoneTree<TKey, TValue>, IZoneTreeM
 
     public int ReadOnlySegmentsRecordCount => ReadOnlySegmentQueue.Sum(x => x.Length);
 
+    public int MutableSegmentRecordCount => SegmentZero.Length;
+
     public int InMemoryRecordCount =>
         SegmentZero.Length + ReadOnlySegmentsRecordCount;
 
diff --git a/src/ZoneTree/IZoneTreeMaintenance.cs b/src/ZoneTree/IZoneTreeMaintenance.cs
index 90bba7c..8b76683 100644
--- a/src/ZoneTree/IZoneTreeMaintenance.cs
+++ b/src/ZoneTree/IZoneTreeMaintenance.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public interface IZoneTreeMaintenance<TKey, TValue>
     /// </summary>
     int ReadOnlySegmentsRecordCount { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Retrieves the number of records in mutable segment (SegmentZero).
+    /// </summary>
+    int MutableSegmentRecordCount { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves the total number of records that lies in memory
     /// excluding the sparse array records of DiskSegment.