diff --git a/core/camel-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/support/DefaultTimeoutMap.java b/core/camel-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/support/DefaultTimeoutMap.java
index 209af1b13f617..98449576b2d57 100644
--- a/core/camel-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/support/DefaultTimeoutMap.java
+++ b/core/camel-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/support/DefaultTimeoutMap.java
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ public DefaultTimeoutMap(ScheduledExecutorService executor, long requestMapPollT
     @Override
     public V get(K key) {
         TimeoutMapEntry<K, V> entry;
+        // if no contains, the lock is not necessary
+        if (!map.containsKey(key)) {
+            return null;
+        }
         lock.lock();
         try {
             entry = map.get(key);