diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_index.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_index.rs
index ba38f700c8..d5175f4aec 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_index.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_index.rs
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> AccountsIndex<T> {
         let storage = AccountsIndexStorage::new(bins);
         let account_maps = (0..bins)
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|bin| RwLock::new(Arc::new(InMemAccountsIndex::new(&storage, bin))))
+            .map(|bin| RwLock::new(Arc::clone(&storage.in_mem[bin])))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         (account_maps, bin_calculator, storage)
     }
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_index_storage.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_index_storage.rs
index 5adcb3f29d..fe61b3947a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_index_storage.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_index_storage.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::accounts_index::IndexValue;
 use crate::bucket_map_holder::BucketMapHolder;
+use crate::in_mem_accounts_index::InMemAccountsIndex;
 use crate::waitable_condvar::WaitableCondvar;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::{
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct AccountsIndexStorage<T: IndexValue> {
 
     // eventually the backing storage
     storage: Arc<BucketMapHolder<T>>,
+    pub in_mem: Vec<Arc<InMemAccountsIndex<T>>>,
 }
 
 impl<T: IndexValue> Debug for AccountsIndexStorage<T> {
@@ -43,6 +45,12 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> Drop for AccountsIndexStorage<T> {
 impl<T: IndexValue> AccountsIndexStorage<T> {
     pub fn new(bins: usize) -> AccountsIndexStorage<T> {
         let storage = Arc::new(BucketMapHolder::new(bins));
+
+        let in_mem = (0..bins)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|bin| Arc::new(InMemAccountsIndex::new(&storage, bin)))
+            .collect();
+
         let storage_ = storage.clone();
         let exit = Arc::new(AtomicBool::default());
         let exit_ = exit.clone();
@@ -62,6 +70,7 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> AccountsIndexStorage<T> {
             wait,
             handle,
             storage,
+            in_mem,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/bucket_map_holder.rs b/runtime/src/bucket_map_holder.rs
index eaf9c00bd2..e1cd0ee6f6 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bucket_map_holder.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bucket_map_holder.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> BucketMapHolder<T> {
             _phantom: std::marker::PhantomData::<T>::default(),
         }
     }
-
     // intended to execute in a bg thread
     pub fn background(&self, exit: Arc<AtomicBool>, wait: Arc<WaitableCondvar>) {
         loop {
diff --git a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
index 3a652da5a3..1c86be2f24 100644
--- a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::accounts_index::{
     AccountMapEntry, AccountMapEntryInner, IndexValue, SlotList, WriteAccountMapEntry,
 };
-use crate::accounts_index_storage::AccountsIndexStorage;
 use crate::bucket_map_holder::BucketMapHolder;
 use crate::bucket_map_holder_stats::BucketMapHolderStats;
 use solana_measure::measure::Measure;
@@ -29,10 +28,10 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> Debug for InMemAccountsIndex<T> {
 }
 
 impl<T: IndexValue> InMemAccountsIndex<T> {
-    pub fn new(storage: &AccountsIndexStorage<T>, bin: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(storage: &Arc<BucketMapHolder<T>>, bin: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
             map_internal: RwLock::default(),
-            storage: storage.storage().clone(),
+            storage: Arc::clone(storage),
             bin,
         }
     }