diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index a2f69964fa1f..8ee4a8a8897e 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Reload(newConfig *Config) error {
 
 	if newConfig.TLSConfig != nil {
 		if !a.config.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() && !newConfig.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() {
-			a.logger.Println("[INFO] Updating agent's existing TLS configuration \n\n")
+			a.logger.Println("[INFO] Updating agent's existing TLS configuration")
 			// Handle errors in loading the new certificate files.
 			// This is just a TLS configuration reload, we don't need to refresh
 			// existing network connections
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ func (a *Agent) Reload(newConfig *Config) error {
 		a.config.TLSConfig = newConfig.TLSConfig
 
 		if a.config.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() && !newConfig.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() {
-			a.logger.Println("[INFO] Upgrading from plaintext configuration to TLS \n\n")
+			a.logger.Println("[INFO] Upgrading from plaintext configuration to TLS")
 		} else if !a.config.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() && newConfig.TLSConfig.IsEmpty() {
-			a.logger.Println("[WARN] Downgrading agent's existing TLS configuration to plaintext \n\n")
+			a.logger.Println("[WARN] Downgrading agent's existing TLS configuration to plaintext")
 		}
 
 		// Reload the TLS configuration for the client or server, depending on how
diff --git a/nomad/server_test.go b/nomad/server_test.go
index 4382931e2db0..85700f205597 100644
--- a/nomad/server_test.go
+++ b/nomad/server_test.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestServer_Reload_Vault(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // Tests that the server will successfully reload its network connections,
-// upgrading from plaintext to TLS if the server's TLS configuratoin changes.
+// upgrading from plaintext to TLS if the server's TLS configuration changes.
 func TestServer_Reload_TLSConnections(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	assert := assert.New(t)
diff --git a/nomad/structs/config/tls.go b/nomad/structs/config/tls.go
index 0337574c1c50..0c647c0ee07f 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/config/tls.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/config/tls.go
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ func (t *TLSConfig) GetKeyLoader() *KeyLoader {
 
 	// If the keyloader has not yet been initialized, do it here
 	if t.KeyLoader == nil {
-		t.configLock.Lock()
 		t.KeyLoader = &KeyLoader{}
-		t.configLock.Unlock()
 	}
 	return t.KeyLoader
 }