diff --git a/pkg/worker/verifier/producer_worker.go b/pkg/worker/verifier/producer_worker.go
index d7de09b..6dc0497 100644
--- a/pkg/worker/verifier/producer_worker.go
+++ b/pkg/worker/verifier/producer_worker.go
@@ -208,9 +208,22 @@ func NewProducerWorkerStatus(topic string) ProducerWorkerStatus {
 	}
 }
 
+func (pw *ProducerWorker) OnAcked(r *kgo.Record) {
+	pw.Status.lock.Lock()
+	defer pw.Status.lock.Unlock()
+
+	pw.Status.OnAcked(r.Partition, r.Offset)
+
+	pw.validOffsets.Insert(r.Partition, r.Offset)
+	if pw.config.producesTombstones && r.Value != nil {
+		pw.validOffsets.SetLastConsumableOffset(r.Partition, r.Offset)
+	}
+	if pw.validateLatestValues {
+		pw.latestValueProduced.Insert(r.Partition, string(r.Key), string(r.Value))
+	}
+}
+
 func (self *ProducerWorkerStatus) OnAcked(Partition int32, Offset int64) {
-	self.lock.Lock()
-	defer self.lock.Unlock()
 	self.Acked += 1
 
 	currentMax, present := self.MaxOffsetsProduced[Partition]
@@ -406,17 +419,9 @@ func (pw *ProducerWorker) produceInner(n int64) (int64, []BadOffset, error) {
 				log.Debugf("errored = %t", errored)
 			} else {
 				ackLatency := time.Now().Sub(sentAt)
-				pw.Status.OnAcked(r.Partition, r.Offset)
+				pw.OnAcked(r)
 				pw.Status.latency.Update(ackLatency.Microseconds())
 				log.Debugf("Wrote partition %d at %d", r.Partition, r.Offset)
-				pw.validOffsets.Insert(r.Partition, r.Offset)
-				if pw.config.producesTombstones && r.Value != nil {
-					pw.validOffsets.SetLastConsumableOffset(r.Partition, r.Offset)
-				}
-				if pw.validateLatestValues {
-					pw.latestValueProduced.Insert(r.Partition, string(r.Key), string(r.Value))
-				}
-
 			}
 			wg.Done()
 		}