diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/InvocationContainerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/InvocationContainerImpl.java
index 849300e61e..3091670fb1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/InvocationContainerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/InvocationContainerImpl.java
@@ -163,13 +163,20 @@ public Object invokedMock() {
         return invocationForStubbing.getInvocation().getMock();
     }
 
-    public MatchableInvocation getInvocationForStubbing() {
-        return invocationForStubbing;
-    }
-
     private RegisteredInvocations createRegisteredInvocations(MockCreationSettings mockSettings) {
         return mockSettings.isStubOnly()
                 ? new SingleRegisteredInvocation()
                 : new DefaultRegisteredInvocations();
     }
+
+    public Answer findStubbedAnswer() {
+        synchronized (stubbed) {
+            for (StubbedInvocationMatcher s : stubbed) {
+                if (invocationForStubbing.matches(s.getInvocation())) {
+                    return s;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubs.java b/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubs.java
index 0b5a0637a2..097b11b6e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubs.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
 import org.mockito.mock.MockCreationSettings;
 import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
-import org.mockito.stubbing.Stubbing;
 
 /**
  * Returning deep stub implementation.
@@ -80,12 +79,9 @@ private Object deepStub(
             throws Throwable {
         InvocationContainerImpl container = MockUtil.getInvocationContainer(invocation.getMock());
 
-        // matches invocation for verification
-        // TODO why don't we do container.findAnswer here?
-        for (Stubbing stubbing : container.getStubbingsDescending()) {
-            if (container.getInvocationForStubbing().matches(stubbing.getInvocation())) {
-                return stubbing.answer(invocation);
-            }
+        Answer existingAnswer = container.findStubbedAnswer();
+        if (existingAnswer != null) {
+            return existingAnswer.answer(invocation);
         }
 
         // record deep stub answer
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubsConcurrentTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubsConcurrentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3658342ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mockito/internal/stubbing/defaultanswers/ReturnsDeepStubsConcurrentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Mockito contributors
+ * This program is made available under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+package org.mockito.internal.stubbing.defaultanswers;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Answers;
+
+public class ReturnsDeepStubsConcurrentTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void
+            given_mock_with_returns_deep_stubs__when_called_concurrently__then_does_not_throw_concurrent_modification_exception() {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+            Service mock = mock(Service.class, Answers.RETURNS_DEEP_STUBS);
+            IntStream.range(1, 100).parallel().forEach(index -> mock.doSomething());
+        }
+    }
+
+    interface Service {
+        List<String> doSomething();
+    }
+}