diff --git a/data_plane/src/storage_engines/sketch_db/index/mod.rs b/data_plane/src/storage_engines/sketch_db/index/mod.rs
index f480e00a..6ac76aef 100644
--- a/data_plane/src/storage_engines/sketch_db/index/mod.rs
+++ b/data_plane/src/storage_engines/sketch_db/index/mod.rs
@@ -689,6 +689,8 @@ pub struct SketchStore {
/// has sealed epochs to persist) with retention-drop disabled (the
/// flush-then-evict loop is the memory bound).
persistence_read: RwLock