diff --git a/src/threading/Reaction.hpp b/src/threading/Reaction.hpp
index acc8439f..6372d101 100644
--- a/src/threading/Reaction.hpp
+++ b/src/threading/Reaction.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ namespace threading {
     // Forward declare
     class ReactionTask;
     struct ReactionIdentifiers;
+    namespace scheduler {
+        class Scheduler;
+    }  // namespace scheduler
 
     /**
      * This class holds the definition of a Reaction.
@@ -131,6 +134,10 @@ namespace threading {
 
         /// The callback generator function (creates databound callbacks)
         TaskGenerator generator;
+
+        /// Cached data for this reaction added by the scheduler
+        std::shared_ptr<void> scheduler_data;
+        friend class scheduler::Scheduler;  /// Let the scheduler mess with reaction objects
     };
 
 }  // namespace threading
diff --git a/src/threading/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp b/src/threading/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
index 23ef8aa5..422001ce 100644
--- a/src/threading/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/threading/scheduler/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,23 @@ namespace threading {
                 return;
             }
 
-            // Get the pool and locks for the group group
-            auto pool       = get_pool(task->pool_descriptor);
+            // If we have run this task before, we know which pool it should be submitted to and cached it
+            // This avoids every single submit having to lock a mutex to find the pool
+            std::shared_ptr<Pool> pool;
+            if (task->parent) {
+                if (task->parent->scheduler_data) {
+                    pool = std::static_pointer_cast<Pool>(task->parent->scheduler_data);
+                }
+                else {
+                    pool                         = get_pool(task->pool_descriptor);
+                    task->parent->scheduler_data = pool;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                pool = get_pool(task->pool_descriptor);
+            }
+
+            // Get any locks that are required for this task
             auto group_lock = get_groups_lock(task->id, task->priority, pool, task->group_descriptors);
 
             // If this task should run immediately and not limited by the group lock