diff --git a/src/packet_io/packet_queue.cpp b/src/packet_io/packet_queue.cpp
index 1c0a6a0..787a4ab 100644
--- a/src/packet_io/packet_queue.cpp
+++ b/src/packet_io/packet_queue.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 struct packet_queue
 {
-    pthread_mutex_t lock;
-    struct packet **queue;
+    uint64_t *queue;
     uint32_t size;
     uint32_t head;
     uint32_t tail;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ struct packet_queue *packet_queue_create(uint32_t size)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    queue->queue = (struct packet **)calloc(size, sizeof(struct packet *));
+    queue->queue = (uint64_t *)calloc(size, sizeof(uint64_t));
     if (queue->queue == NULL)
     {
         PACKET_IO_LOG_ERROR("unable to alloc packet queue buffer");
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ struct packet_queue *packet_queue_create(uint32_t size)
     queue->size = size;
     queue->head = 0;
     queue->tail = 0;
-    pthread_mutex_init(&queue->lock, NULL);
 
     return queue;
 }
@@ -64,49 +62,33 @@ void packet_queue_destory(struct packet_queue *queue)
         queue->queue = NULL;
     }
 
-    pthread_mutex_destroy(&queue->lock);
-
     free(queue);
 }
 
-int packet_queue_is_full(struct packet_queue *queue)
-{
-    return (queue->tail + 1) % queue->size == queue->head;
-}
-
-int packet_queue_is_empty(struct packet_queue *queue)
-{
-    return queue->head == queue->tail;
-}
-
 void packet_queue_push(struct packet_queue *queue, struct packet *pkt)
 {
+    uint64_t wait = 1000;
 retry:
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&queue->lock);
-    if (packet_queue_is_full(queue))
+    if (__sync_val_compare_and_swap(&queue->queue[queue->tail], 0, pkt) != 0)
     {
         PACKET_IO_LOG_ERROR("packet queue is full, retry later");
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&queue->lock);
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(wait);
+        wait *= 2;
         goto retry;
     }
 
-    queue->queue[queue->tail] = pkt;
     queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % queue->size;
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&queue->lock);
 }
 
 void packet_queue_pop(struct packet_queue *queue, struct packet **pkt)
 {
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&queue->lock);
-    if (packet_queue_is_empty(queue))
+    uint64_t read = ATOMIC_READ(&queue->queue[queue->head]);
+    if (read == 0)
     {
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&queue->lock);
         *pkt = NULL;
         return;
     }
-
-    *pkt = queue->queue[queue->head];
+    __sync_val_compare_and_swap(&queue->queue[queue->head], read, 0);
+    *pkt = (struct packet *)read;
     queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % queue->size;
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&queue->lock);
 }