diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 09a15fad..2b226f35 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ Stephen DiCato <Locker537@gmail.com>
 Stephen Holsapple <sholsapp@gmail.com>
 Steven Cummings <estebistec@gmail.com>
 Sébastien Fievet <zyegfryed@gmail.com>
+Talha Malik <talham7391@hotmail.com>
 TedWantsMore <TedWantsMore@gmx.com>
 Thomas Grainger <tagrain@gmail.com>
 Thomas Steinacher <tom@eggdrop.ch>
diff --git a/gunicorn/reloader.py b/gunicorn/reloader.py
index acfc2f8f..d00be2bf 100644
--- a/gunicorn/reloader.py
+++ b/gunicorn/reloader.py
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ class Reloader(threading.Thread):
         super().__init__()
         self.setDaemon(True)
         self._extra_files = set(extra_files or ())
-        self._extra_files_lock = threading.RLock()
         self._interval = interval
         self._callback = callback
 
     def add_extra_file(self, filename):
-        with self._extra_files_lock:
-            self._extra_files.add(filename)
+        self._extra_files.add(filename)
 
     def get_files(self):
         fnames = [
@@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ class Reloader(threading.Thread):
             if getattr(module, '__file__', None)
         ]
 
-        with self._extra_files_lock:
-            fnames.extend(self._extra_files)
+        fnames.extend(self._extra_files)
 
         return fnames
 
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/base.py b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
index f95994bc..81c0c616 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/base.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class Worker(object):
 
         self.init_signals()
 
+        self.load_wsgi()
+
         # start the reloader
         if self.cfg.reload:
             def changed(fname):
@@ -130,7 +132,6 @@ class Worker(object):
                                          callback=changed)
             self.reloader.start()
 
-        self.load_wsgi()
         self.cfg.post_worker_init(self)
 
         # Enter main run loop