diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
index f6374ce065..97cf866b99 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket.rs
@@ -409,11 +409,14 @@ impl<T: Clone + Copy> Bucket<T> {
     /// grow a data bucket
     /// The application of the new bucket is deferred until the next write lock.
     pub fn grow_data(&self, data_index: u64, current_capacity_pow2: u8) {
-        let new_bucket = self.index.grow(
+        let new_bucket = BucketStorage::new_resized(
+            &self.drives,
+            self.index.max_search,
             self.data.get(data_index as usize),
             current_capacity_pow2 + 1,
             1 << data_index,
             Self::elem_size(),
+            &self.stats.data,
         );
         self.reallocated.add_reallocation();
         let mut items = self.reallocated.items.lock().unwrap();
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
index 06f7078c95..811e00ff1a 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
@@ -332,21 +332,23 @@ impl BucketStorage {
         self.stats.resize_us.fetch_add(m.as_us(), Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
-    /// allocate a new bucket based on 'self', but copying data from 'bucket'
-    pub fn grow(
-        &self,
+    /// allocate a new bucket, copying data from 'bucket'
+    pub fn new_resized(
+        drives: &Arc<Vec<PathBuf>>,
+        max_search: MaxSearch,
         bucket: Option<&Self>,
         capacity_pow_2: u8,
         num_elems: u64,
         elem_size: u64,
+        stats: &Arc<BucketStats>,
     ) -> Self {
         let mut new_bucket = Self::new_with_capacity(
-            Arc::clone(&self.drives),
+            Arc::clone(drives),
             num_elems,
             elem_size,
             capacity_pow_2,
-            self.max_search,
-            Arc::clone(&self.stats),
+            max_search,
+            Arc::clone(stats),
         );
         if let Some(bucket) = bucket {
             new_bucket.copy_contents(bucket);
diff --git a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
index 167576cb14..43b622dd03 100644
--- a/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/in_mem_accounts_index.rs
@@ -709,13 +709,15 @@ impl<T: IndexValue> InMemAccountsIndex<T> {
                 // it is possible that the item in the cache is marked as dirty while these updates are happening. That is ok.
                 let m = Measure::start("flush_update");
                 for (k, v) in updates.into_iter() {
+                    if v.dirty() {
+                        continue; // marked dirty after we grabbed it above, so handle this the next time this bucket is flushed
+                    }
                     if disk_resize.is_ok() {
-                        if v.dirty() {
-                            continue; // marked dirty after we grabbed it above, so handle this the next time this bucket is flushed
-                        }
-                        flush_entries_updated_on_disk += 1;
                         disk_resize =
                             disk.try_write(&k, (&v.slot_list.read().unwrap(), v.ref_count()));
+                        if disk_resize.is_ok() {
+                            flush_entries_updated_on_disk += 1;
+                        }
                     }
                     if disk_resize.is_err() {
                         // disk needs to resize, so mark all unprocessed items as dirty again so we pick them up after the resize