diff --git a/russh/src/channels/channel_stream.rs b/russh/src/channels/channel_stream.rs
index 853a2c4d..9afb51fc 100644
--- a/russh/src/channels/channel_stream.rs
+++ b/russh/src/channels/channel_stream.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ where
 
 impl<S> AsyncWrite for ChannelStream<S>
 where
-    S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + 'static,
+    S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + 'static + Send + Sync,
 {
     fn poll_write(
         mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
diff --git a/russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs b/russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs
index 15d86a6f..65aec1cc 100644
--- a/russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs
+++ b/russh/src/channels/io/tx.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 use std::io;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::task::{Context, Poll, ready};
 
+use futures::FutureExt;
 use russh_cryptovec::CryptoVec;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
-use tokio::sync::mpsc;
-use tokio::sync::mpsc::error::TrySendError;
-use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, OwnedPermit, error::SendError};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, OwnedMutexGuard};
 
 use super::ChannelMsg;
 use crate::ChannelId;
 
+type BoxedThreadsafeFuture<T> = Pin<Box<dyn Sync + Send + std::future::Future<Output=T>>>;
+type OwnedPermitFuture<S> = BoxedThreadsafeFuture<Result<(OwnedPermit<S>, ChannelMsg, usize), SendError<()>>>;
+
 pub struct ChannelTx<S> {
     sender: mpsc::Sender<S>,
+    send_fut: Option<OwnedPermitFuture<S>>,
     id: ChannelId,
 
+    window_size_fut: Option<BoxedThreadsafeFuture<OwnedMutexGuard<u32>>>,
     window_size: Arc<Mutex<u32>>,
     max_packet_size: u32,
     ext: Option<u32>,
 }
 
-impl<S> ChannelTx<S> {
+impl<S> ChannelTx<S>
+where
+    S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + 'static + Send,
+{
     pub fn new(
         sender: mpsc::Sender<S>,
         id: ChannelId,
@@ -31,37 +39,31 @@ impl<S> ChannelTx<S> {
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
             sender,
+            send_fut: None,
             id,
             window_size,
+            window_size_fut: None,
             max_packet_size,
             ext,
         }
     }
-}
 
-impl<S> AsyncWrite for ChannelTx<S>
-where
-    S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + 'static,
-{
-    fn poll_write(
-        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    fn poll_mk_msg(
+        &mut self,
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
         buf: &[u8],
-    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>> {
-        let mut window_size = match self.window_size.try_lock() {
-            Ok(window_size) => window_size,
-            Err(_) => {
-                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
-                return Poll::Pending;
-            }
-        };
+    ) -> Poll<(ChannelMsg, usize)> {
+        let window_size = self.window_size.clone();
+        let window_size_fut = self.window_size_fut.get_or_insert_with(|| Box::pin(window_size.lock_owned()));
+        let mut window_size = ready!(window_size_fut.poll_unpin(cx));
+        self.window_size_fut.take();
 
-        let writable = self.max_packet_size.min(*window_size).min(buf.len() as u32) as usize;
+        let writable = (self.max_packet_size).min(*window_size).min(buf.len() as u32) as usize;
         if writable == 0 {
+            // TODO fix this busywait
             cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
             return Poll::Pending;
         }
-
         let mut data = CryptoVec::new_zeroed(writable);
         #[allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)] // Clamped to maximum `buf.len()` with `.min`
         data.copy_from_slice(&buf[..writable]);
@@ -75,34 +77,62 @@ where
             Some(ext) => ChannelMsg::ExtendedData { data, ext },
         };
 
-        match self.sender.try_send((self.id, msg).into()) {
-            Ok(_) => Poll::Ready(Ok(writable)),
-            Err(err @ TrySendError::Closed(_)) => Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
-                io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
-                err.to_string(),
-            ))),
-            Err(TrySendError::Full(_)) => {
-                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
-                Poll::Pending
+        Poll::Ready((msg, writable))
+    }
+
+    fn activate(&mut self, msg: ChannelMsg, writable: usize) -> &mut OwnedPermitFuture<S> {
+        use futures::TryFutureExt;
+        self.send_fut.insert(Box::pin(self.sender.clone().reserve_owned().map_ok(move |p| (p, msg, writable))))
+    }
+
+    fn handle_write_result(&mut self, r: Result<(OwnedPermit<S>, ChannelMsg, usize), SendError<()>>) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        self.send_fut = None;
+        match r {
+            Ok((permit, msg, writable)) => {
+                permit.send((self.id, msg).into());
+                Ok(writable)
+            }
+            Err(SendError(())) => {
+                Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "channel closed"))
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+impl<S> AsyncWrite for ChannelTx<S>
+where
+    S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + 'static + Send,
+{
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
+    fn poll_write(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>> {
+        let send_fut =
+            if let Some(x) = self.send_fut.as_mut() {
+                x
+            } else {
+                let (msg, writable) = ready!(self.poll_mk_msg(cx, buf));
+                self.activate(msg, writable)
+            };
+        let r = ready!(send_fut.as_mut().poll_unpin(cx));
+        Poll::Ready(self.handle_write_result(r))
+    }
 
     fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
         Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
     }
 
-    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
-        match self.sender.try_send((self.id, ChannelMsg::Eof).into()) {
-            Ok(_) => Poll::Ready(Ok(())),
-            Err(err @ TrySendError::Closed(_)) => Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
-                io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
-                err.to_string(),
-            ))),
-            Err(TrySendError::Full(_)) => {
-                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
-                Poll::Pending
-            }
-        }
+    fn poll_shutdown(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
+        let send_fut =
+            if let Some(x) = self.send_fut.as_mut() {
+                x
+            } else {
+                self.activate(ChannelMsg::Eof, 0)
+            };
+        let r = ready!(send_fut.as_mut().poll_unpin(cx))
+        .map(|(p, _, _)| (p, ChannelMsg::Eof, 0));
+        Poll::Ready(self.handle_write_result(r).map(drop))
     }
 }
diff --git a/russh/src/channels/mod.rs b/russh/src/channels/mod.rs
index 8677885c..8e9b4085 100644
--- a/russh/src/channels/mod.rs
+++ b/russh/src/channels/mod.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl<T: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)>> std::fmt::Debug for Channel<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + Send + 'static> Channel<S> {
+impl<S: From<(ChannelId, ChannelMsg)> + Send + Sync + 'static> Channel<S> {
     pub(crate) fn new(
         id: ChannelId,
         sender: Sender<S>,