diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
index 9ba2d9531..006be95a1 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/build-template.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
         gcov_dirs=$(find . -path "*.libs*gcda" | xargs dirname | sort -u |  cut -c"3-")
         for dir in ${gcov_dirs}; do
           source_dir=$(dirname $dir)
-          output_file="coverage-$source_dir.json"
+          output_file=$(echo "coverage-$source_dir.json"| tr '/' '-')
           gcovr --exclude-unreachable-branches --json-pretty -o $output_file --object-directory $source_dir $dir
         done
         gcovr -r ./ -e ".*/SAI/.*" -e ".+/json.hpp" -e "swss/.+" -e ".*/.libs/.*" -e ".*/debian/.*" --exclude-unreachable-branches --json-pretty -o coverage-all.json
diff --git a/syncd/VendorSai.cpp b/syncd/VendorSai.cpp
index ed4580df2..a256ff404 100644
--- a/syncd/VendorSai.cpp
+++ b/syncd/VendorSai.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ sai_status_t VendorSai::getStats(
         _In_ const sai_stat_id_t *counter_ids,
         _Out_ uint64_t *counters)
 {
-    MUTEX();
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     VENDOR_CHECK_API_INITIALIZED();
 
@@ -351,7 +350,6 @@ sai_status_t VendorSai::getStatsExt(
         _In_ sai_stats_mode_t mode,
         _Out_ uint64_t *counters)
 {
-    MUTEX();
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     VENDOR_CHECK_API_INITIALIZED();
 
@@ -366,7 +364,6 @@ sai_status_t VendorSai::clearStats(
         _In_ uint32_t number_of_counters,
         _In_ const sai_stat_id_t *counter_ids)
 {
-    MUTEX();
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     VENDOR_CHECK_API_INITIALIZED();
 
@@ -386,7 +383,6 @@ sai_status_t VendorSai::bulkGetStats(
         _Inout_ sai_status_t *object_statuses,
         _Out_ uint64_t *counters)
 {
-    MUTEX();
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     VENDOR_CHECK_API_INITIALIZED();
 
@@ -414,7 +410,6 @@ sai_status_t VendorSai::bulkClearStats(
         _In_ sai_stats_mode_t mode,
         _Inout_ sai_status_t *object_statuses)
 {
-    MUTEX();
     SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
     VENDOR_CHECK_API_INITIALIZED();