diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index e9f6dea..0648807 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -241,31 +241,24 @@ func (c *Cache[K, V]) GetOrSet(key K, val V, opts ...ItemOption) (actual V, load
 
 // DeleteExpired all expired items from the cache.
 func (c *Cache[K, V]) DeleteExpired() {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	l := c.expManager.len()
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
 	evict := func() bool {
-		key := c.expManager.pop()
-		// if is expired, delete it and return nil instead
-		item, ok := c.cache.Get(key)
-		if ok {
-			if item.Expired() {
-				c.cache.Delete(key)
-				return false
-			}
-			c.expManager.update(key, item.Expiration)
+		c.mu.Lock()
+		defer c.mu.Unlock()
+		if c.expManager.len() == 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+		key, expiration := c.expManager.pop()
+		if nowFunc().After(expiration) {
+			c.cache.Delete(key)
+			return true
 		}
-		return true
+		if _, ok := c.cache.Get(key); ok {
+			c.expManager.update(key, expiration)
+		}
+		return false
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
-		c.mu.Lock()
-		shouldBreak := evict()
-		c.mu.Unlock()
-		if shouldBreak {
-			break
-		}
+	for evict() {
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index 5e2cef2..c2fe02d 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package cache_test
 
 import (
 	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -121,3 +123,38 @@ func TestCallJanitor(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("want items is empty but got %d", len(keys))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConcurrentDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	c := cache.New[string, int]()
+	var (
+		wg      sync.WaitGroup
+		stop    atomic.Bool
+		timeout = 10 * time.Second
+	)
+
+	if testing.Short() {
+		timeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	}
+	time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+		stop.Store(true)
+	})
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for k := 1; !stop.Load(); k++ {
+			c.Set(strconv.Itoa(k), k, cache.WithExpiration(0))
+			c.Delete(strconv.Itoa(k))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for !stop.Load() {
+			c.DeleteExpired()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
diff --git a/expiration.go b/expiration.go
index 44ee4ea..ee5d9c2 100644
--- a/expiration.go
+++ b/expiration.go
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ func (m *expirationManager[K]) len() int {
 	return m.queue.Len()
 }
 
-func (m *expirationManager[K]) pop() K {
+func (m *expirationManager[K]) pop() (K, time.Time) {
 	v := heap.Pop(&m.queue)
 	key := v.(*expirationKey[K]).key
+	exp := v.(*expirationKey[K]).expiration
 	delete(m.mapping, key)
-	return key
+	return key, exp
 }
 
 func (m *expirationManager[K]) remove(key K) {