diff --git a/repair/row_level.cc b/repair/row_level.cc
index d986fd51a8..b135ed7cfa 100644
--- a/repair/row_level.cc
+++ b/repair/row_level.cc
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ class repair_writer {
     // written.
     std::vector<bool> _partition_opened;
     streaming::stream_reason _reason;
+    named_semaphore _sem{1, named_semaphore_exception_factory{"repair_writer"}};
 public:
     repair_writer(
             schema_ptr schema,
@@ -563,11 +564,13 @@ public:
 
     future<> write_end_of_stream(unsigned node_idx) {
         if (_mq[node_idx]) {
+          return with_semaphore(_sem, 1, [this, node_idx] {
             // Partition_end is never sent on wire, so we have to write one ourselves.
             return write_partition_end(node_idx).then([this, node_idx] () mutable {
                 // Empty mutation_fragment_opt means no more data, so the writer can seal the sstables.
                 return _mq[node_idx]->push_eventually(mutation_fragment_opt());
             });
+          });
         } else {
             return make_ready_future<>();
         }
@@ -590,6 +593,10 @@ public:
             return make_exception_future<>(std::move(ep));
         });
     }
+
+    named_semaphore& sem() {
+        return _sem;
+    }
 };
 
 class repair_meta {
@@ -1195,6 +1202,23 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    future<> do_apply_rows(std::list<repair_row>& row_diff, unsigned node_idx, update_working_row_buf update_buf) {
+        return with_semaphore(_repair_writer.sem(), 1, [this, node_idx, update_buf, &row_diff] {
+            _repair_writer.create_writer(_db, node_idx);
+            return do_for_each(row_diff, [this, node_idx, update_buf] (repair_row& r) {
+                if (update_buf) {
+                    _working_row_buf_combined_hash.add(r.hash());
+                }
+                // The repair_row here is supposed to have
+                // mutation_fragment attached because we have stored it in
+                // to_repair_rows_list above where the repair_row is created.
+                mutation_fragment mf = std::move(r.get_mutation_fragment());
+                auto dk_with_hash = r.get_dk_with_hash();
+                return _repair_writer.do_write(node_idx, std::move(dk_with_hash), std::move(mf));
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
     // Give a list of rows, apply the rows to disk and update the _working_row_buf and _peer_row_hash_sets if requested
     // Must run inside a seastar thread
     void apply_rows_on_master_in_thread(repair_rows_on_wire rows, gms::inet_address from, update_working_row_buf update_buf,
@@ -1220,18 +1244,7 @@ private:
             _peer_row_hash_sets[node_idx] = boost::copy_range<std::unordered_set<repair_hash>>(row_diff |
                     boost::adaptors::transformed([] (repair_row& r) { thread::maybe_yield(); return r.hash(); }));
         }
-        _repair_writer.create_writer(_db, node_idx);
-        for (auto& r : row_diff) {
-            if (update_buf) {
-                _working_row_buf_combined_hash.add(r.hash());
-            }
-            // The repair_row here is supposed to have
-            // mutation_fragment attached because we have stored it in
-            // to_repair_rows_list above where the repair_row is created.
-            mutation_fragment mf = std::move(r.get_mutation_fragment());
-            auto dk_with_hash = r.get_dk_with_hash();
-            _repair_writer.do_write(node_idx, std::move(dk_with_hash), std::move(mf)).get();
-        }
+        do_apply_rows(row_diff, node_idx, update_buf).get();
     }
 
     future<>
@@ -1242,15 +1255,7 @@ private:
         return to_repair_rows_list(rows).then([this] (std::list<repair_row> row_diff) {
             return do_with(std::move(row_diff), [this] (std::list<repair_row>& row_diff) {
                 unsigned node_idx = 0;
-                _repair_writer.create_writer(_db, node_idx);
-                return do_for_each(row_diff, [this, node_idx] (repair_row& r) {
-                    // The repair_row here is supposed to have
-                    // mutation_fragment attached because we have stored it in
-                    // to_repair_rows_list above where the repair_row is created.
-                    mutation_fragment mf = std::move(r.get_mutation_fragment());
-                    auto dk_with_hash = r.get_dk_with_hash();
-                    return _repair_writer.do_write(node_idx, std::move(dk_with_hash), std::move(mf));
-                });
+                return do_apply_rows(row_diff, node_idx, update_working_row_buf::no);
             });
         });
     }