diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage.rs b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
index 7976d09e2e..f52b31455d 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -1016,16 +1016,12 @@ impl BankingStage {
         valid_txs: &[TransactionCheckResult],
         transaction_indexes: &[usize],
     ) -> Vec<usize> {
-        let valid_transactions = valid_txs
+        valid_txs
             .iter()
             .enumerate()
             .filter_map(|(index, (x, _h))| if x.is_ok() { Some(index) } else { None })
-            .collect_vec();
-
-        valid_transactions
-            .iter()
-            .map(|x| transaction_indexes[*x])
-            .collect()
+            .map(|x| transaction_indexes[x])
+            .collect_vec()
     }
 
     /// Read the transaction message from packet data
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index c59353fea2..7e01ceb8bc 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ impl Bank {
     fn check_age<'a>(
         &self,
         txs: impl Iterator<Item = &'a SanitizedTransaction>,
-        lock_results: Vec<Result<()>>,
+        lock_results: &[Result<()>],
         max_age: usize,
         error_counters: &mut ErrorCounters,
     ) -> Vec<TransactionCheckResult> {
@@ -2916,7 +2916,7 @@ impl Bank {
                         (Err(TransactionError::BlockhashNotFound), None)
                     }
                 }
-                Err(e) => (Err(e), None),
+                Err(e) => (Err(e.clone()), None),
             })
             .collect()
     }
@@ -3018,7 +3018,7 @@ impl Bank {
     ) -> Vec<TransactionCheckResult> {
         let age_results = self.check_age(
             sanitized_txs.iter(),
-            lock_results.to_vec(),
+            lock_results,
             max_age,
             &mut error_counters,
         );