diff --git a/redis/client.py b/redis/client.py
index 0af7e050d6..e34dcdafb5 100755
--- a/redis/client.py
+++ b/redis/client.py
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.health_check_response = [b"pong", self.health_check_response_b]
         if self.push_handler_func is None:
             _set_info_logger()
+        self._connection_lock = threading.Lock()
         self.reset()
 
     def __enter__(self) -> "PubSub":
@@ -812,14 +813,16 @@ def execute_command(self, *args):
         # subscribed to one or more channels
 
         if self.connection is None:
-            self.connection = self.connection_pool.get_connection(
-                "pubsub", self.shard_hint
-            )
-            # register a callback that re-subscribes to any channels we
-            # were listening to when we were disconnected
-            self.connection.register_connect_callback(self.on_connect)
-            if self.push_handler_func is not None and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
-                self.connection._parser.set_push_handler(self.push_handler_func)
+            with self._connection_lock:
+                if self.connection is None:
+                    self.connection = self.connection_pool.get_connection(
+                        "pubsub", self.shard_hint
+                    )
+                    # register a callback that re-subscribes to any channels we
+                    # were listening to when we were disconnected
+                    self.connection.register_connect_callback(self.on_connect)
+                    if self.push_handler_func is not None and not HIREDIS_AVAILABLE:
+                        self.connection._parser.set_push_handler(self.push_handler_func)
         connection = self.connection
         kwargs = {"check_health": not self.subscribed}
         if not self.subscribed:
diff --git a/tests/test_pubsub.py b/tests/test_pubsub.py
index fb46772af3..d8d33e2b7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_pubsub.py
+++ b/tests/test_pubsub.py
@@ -1153,3 +1153,22 @@ def get_msg():
 
         # the timeout on the read should not cause disconnect
         assert is_connected()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
+class TestConnectionLeak:
+    def test_connection_leak(self, r: redis.Redis):
+        pubsub = r.pubsub()
+
+        def test():
+            tid = threading.get_ident()
+            pubsub.subscribe(f"foo{tid}")
+
+        threads = [threading.Thread(target=test) for _ in range(10)]
+        for thread in threads:
+            thread.start()
+
+        for thread in threads:
+            thread.join()
+
+        assert r.connection_pool._created_connections == 2