diff --git a/fs/accounting/accounting.go b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
index eeef4715a..83745adb2 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/accounting.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/accounting.go
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ func (acc *Account) String() string {
 	)
 }
 
-// RemoteStats produces stats for this file
-func (acc *Account) RemoteStats() (out rc.Params) {
+// rcStats produces remote control stats for this file
+func (acc *Account) rcStats() (out rc.Params) {
 	out = make(rc.Params)
 	a, b := acc.progress()
 	out["bytes"] = a
diff --git a/fs/accounting/stats.go b/fs/accounting/stats.go
index 84eaafc63..357dced2c 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/stats.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/stats.go
@@ -72,27 +72,10 @@ func (s *StatsInfo) RemoteStats() (out rc.Params, err error) {
 	out["elapsedTime"] = time.Since(startTime).Seconds()
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 	if !s.checking.empty() {
-		var c []string
-		s.checking.mu.RLock()
-		defer s.checking.mu.RUnlock()
-		for _, tr := range s.checking.sortedSlice() {
-			c = append(c, tr.remote)
-		}
-		out["checking"] = c
+		out["checking"] = s.checking.remotes()
 	}
 	if !s.transferring.empty() {
-		s.transferring.mu.RLock()
-
-		var t []rc.Params
-		for _, tr := range s.transferring.sortedSlice() {
-			if acc := s.inProgress.get(tr.remote); acc != nil {
-				t = append(t, acc.RemoteStats())
-			} else {
-				t = append(t, s.transferRemoteStats(tr))
-			}
-		}
-		out["transferring"] = t
-		s.transferring.mu.RUnlock()
+		out["transferring"] = s.transferring.rcStats(s.inProgress)
 	}
 	if s.errors > 0 {
 		out["lastError"] = s.lastError.Error()
@@ -111,13 +94,6 @@ func (s *StatsInfo) Speed() float64 {
 	return speed
 }
 
-func (s *StatsInfo) transferRemoteStats(tr *Transfer) rc.Params {
-	return rc.Params{
-		"name": tr.remote,
-		"size": tr.size,
-	}
-}
-
 // timeRange is a start and end time of a transfer
 type timeRange struct {
 	start time.Time
diff --git a/fs/accounting/transfer.go b/fs/accounting/transfer.go
index 8365a4a0a..e51d97c2d 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/transfer.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/transfer.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc"
 )
 
 // TransferSnapshot represents state of an account at point in time.
@@ -182,3 +183,11 @@ func (tr *Transfer) Snapshot() TransferSnapshot {
 		Group:       tr.stats.group,
 	}
 }
+
+// rcStats returns stats for the transfer suitable for the rc
+func (tr *Transfer) rcStats() rc.Params {
+	return rc.Params{
+		"name": tr.remote, // no locking needed to access thess
+		"size": tr.size,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/accounting/transfermap.go b/fs/accounting/transfermap.go
index c391313db..ce145ae38 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/transfermap.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/transfermap.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc"
 )
 
 // transferMap holds name to transfer map
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ func (tm *transferMap) count() int {
 	return len(tm.items)
 }
 
-// sortedSlice returns all transfers sorted by start time
-func (tm *transferMap) sortedSlice() []*Transfer {
-	tm.mu.RLock()
-	defer tm.mu.RUnlock()
+// _sortedSlice returns all transfers sorted by start time
+//
+// Call with mu.Rlock held
+func (tm *transferMap) _sortedSlice() []*Transfer {
 	s := make([]*Transfer, 0, len(tm.items))
 	for _, tr := range tm.items {
 		s = append(s, tr)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (tm *transferMap) String(progress *inProgress, exclude *transferMap) string
 	tm.mu.RLock()
 	defer tm.mu.RUnlock()
 	strngs := make([]string, 0, len(tm.items))
-	for _, tr := range tm.sortedSlice() {
+	for _, tr := range tm._sortedSlice() {
 		if exclude != nil {
 			exclude.mu.RLock()
 			_, found := exclude.items[tr.remote]
@@ -122,3 +123,27 @@ func (tm *transferMap) progress(stats *StatsInfo) (totalBytes, totalSize int64)
 	}
 	return totalBytes, totalSize
 }
+
+// remotes returns a []string of the remote names for the transferMap
+func (tm *transferMap) remotes() (c []string) {
+	tm.mu.RLock()
+	defer tm.mu.RUnlock()
+	for _, tr := range tm._sortedSlice() {
+		c = append(c, tr.remote)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// rcStats returns a []rc.Params of the stats for the transferMap
+func (tm *transferMap) rcStats(progress *inProgress) (t []rc.Params) {
+	tm.mu.RLock()
+	defer tm.mu.RUnlock()
+	for _, tr := range tm._sortedSlice() {
+		if acc := progress.get(tr.remote); acc != nil {
+			t = append(t, acc.rcStats())
+		} else {
+			t = append(t, tr.rcStats())
+		}
+	}
+	return t
+}