diff --git a/inject/hk2/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/inject/hk2/Hk2RequestScope.java b/inject/hk2/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/inject/hk2/Hk2RequestScope.java
index e9437c458c..2d66c16792 100644
--- a/inject/hk2/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/inject/hk2/Hk2RequestScope.java
+++ b/inject/hk2/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/inject/hk2/Hk2RequestScope.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public boolean contains(ForeignDescriptor provider) {
          */
         @Override
         public void release() {
-            if (referenceCounter.decrementAndGet() < 1) {
+            if (referenceCounter.decrementAndGet() == 0) {
                 try {
                     ArrayList<ForeignDescriptor> reverse = new ArrayList<>(store.keySet());
                     Collections.reverse(reverse);
diff --git a/tests/e2e-core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/common/process/internal/RequestScopeTest.java b/tests/e2e-core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/common/process/internal/RequestScopeTest.java
index d0488fa84d..6a875a84e7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/common/process/internal/RequestScopeTest.java
+++ b/tests/e2e-core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/common/process/internal/RequestScopeTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.glassfish.jersey.tests.e2e.common.process.internal;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
@@ -171,12 +172,67 @@ public void accept(Object o) {
         Assertions.assertEquals(987654321, instanceRelease.get());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleReleases() throws InterruptedException {
+        final RequestScope requestScope = new Hk2RequestScope();
+        final AtomicBoolean passed = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+        final int CNT = 200;
+        Thread[] thread = new Thread[CNT];
+        Hk2RequestScope.Instance instance = requestScope.runInScope(() -> {
+            final Hk2RequestScope.Instance internalInstance = (Hk2RequestScope.Instance) requestScope.current();
+            for (int index = 1; index != CNT; index++) {
+                TestProvider testProvider = new TestProvider(String.valueOf(index)) {
+                    @Override
+                    public int hashCode() {
+                        return super.hashCode() + Integer.parseInt(id);
+                    }
+                };
+                final ForeignDescriptor fd = ForeignDescriptor.wrap(testProvider, new Consumer<Object>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void accept(Object o) {
+                        // noop
+                    }
+                });
+                internalInstance.put(fd, String.valueOf(index));
+
+                for (int i = 0; i != CNT; i++) {
+                    thread[i] = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void run() {
+                            final long waitTime = (int) (Math.random() * 5 + 1) * 10L;
+                            try {
+                                Thread.sleep(waitTime);
+                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                            }
+                            try {
+                                internalInstance.release();
+                            } catch (Throwable throwable) {
+                                passed.set(false);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+                for (int i = 0; i != CNT; i++) {
+                    thread[i].start();
+                }
+            }
+            return internalInstance;
+        });
+
+        for (int i = 0; i != CNT; i++) {
+            thread[i].join();
+        }
+
+        Assertions.assertTrue(passed.get());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test request scope inhabitant.
      */
     public static class TestProvider extends AbstractActiveDescriptor<String> {
 
-        private final String id;
+        public final String id;
 
         public TestProvider(final String id) {
             super();