diff --git a/src/banking_stage.rs b/src/banking_stage.rs
index 6734a2aae..8f4d72a37 100644
--- a/src/banking_stage.rs
+++ b/src/banking_stage.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl BankingStage {
 
         // Single thread to compute confirmation
         let leader_confirmation_service =
-            LeaderConfirmationService::new(bank.clone(), leader_id, exit.clone());
+            LeaderConfirmationService::new(&bank, leader_id, exit.clone());
 
         // Many banks that process transactions in parallel.
         let bank_thread_hdls: Vec<JoinHandle<UnprocessedPackets>> = (0..Self::num_threads())
diff --git a/src/broadcast_service.rs b/src/broadcast_service.rs
index 6ddda0aec..1f7719651 100644
--- a/src/broadcast_service.rs
+++ b/src/broadcast_service.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ impl BroadcastService {
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub fn new(
         slot_height: u64,
-        bank: Arc<Bank>,
+        bank: &Arc<Bank>,
         sock: UdpSocket,
         cluster_info: Arc<RwLock<ClusterInfo>>,
         blob_index: u64,
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ impl BroadcastService {
     ) -> Self {
         let exit_signal = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
         let blocktree = blocktree.clone();
+        let bank = bank.clone();
         let thread_hdl = Builder::new()
             .name("solana-broadcaster".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ mod test {
         // Start up the broadcast stage
         let broadcast_service = BroadcastService::new(
             slot_height,
-            bank.clone(),
+            &bank,
             leader_info.sockets.broadcast,
             cluster_info,
             blob_index,
diff --git a/src/fullnode.rs b/src/fullnode.rs
index 88e54e010..7cffec2f5 100644
--- a/src/fullnode.rs
+++ b/src/fullnode.rs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
             // TODO: This is not the correct bank.  Instead TVU should pass along the
             // frozen Bank for each completed block for RPC to use from it's notion of the "best"
             // available fork (until we want to surface multiple forks to RPC)
-            rpc_service.set_bank(self.bank_forks.read().unwrap().working_bank());
+            rpc_service.set_bank(&self.bank_forks.read().unwrap().working_bank());
         }
 
         if rotation_info.leader_id == self.id {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl Fullnode {
                 }
             };
             self.node_services.tpu.switch_to_leader(
-                self.bank_forks.read().unwrap().working_bank(),
+                &self.bank_forks.read().unwrap().working_bank(),
                 &self.poh_recorder,
                 self.tpu_sockets
                     .iter()
diff --git a/src/leader_confirmation_service.rs b/src/leader_confirmation_service.rs
index 52144b523..743c1831e 100644
--- a/src/leader_confirmation_service.rs
+++ b/src/leader_confirmation_service.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ impl LeaderConfirmationService {
     }
 
     /// Create a new LeaderConfirmationService for computing confirmation.
-    pub fn new(bank: Arc<Bank>, leader_id: Pubkey, exit: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(bank: &Arc<Bank>, leader_id: Pubkey, exit: Arc<AtomicBool>) -> Self {
+        let bank = bank.clone();
         let thread_hdl = Builder::new()
             .name("solana-leader-confirmation-service".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
diff --git a/src/rpc.rs b/src/rpc.rs
index a6767791d..7661a3e53 100644
--- a/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/rpc.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ impl JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn set_bank(&mut self, bank: Arc<Bank>) {
-        self.bank = Some(bank);
+    pub fn set_bank(&mut self, bank: &Arc<Bank>) {
+        self.bank = Some(bank.clone());
     }
 
     pub fn new(storage_state: StorageState) -> Self {
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ mod tests {
         let request_processor = Arc::new(RwLock::new(JsonRpcRequestProcessor::new(
             StorageState::default(),
         )));
-        request_processor.write().unwrap().set_bank(bank);
+        request_processor.write().unwrap().set_bank(&bank);
         let cluster_info = Arc::new(RwLock::new(ClusterInfo::new(NodeInfo::default())));
         let leader = NodeInfo::new_with_socketaddr(&socketaddr!("127.0.0.1:1234"));
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ mod tests {
         let bob_pubkey = Keypair::new().pubkey();
         let bank = Arc::new(Bank::new(&genesis_block));
         let mut request_processor = JsonRpcRequestProcessor::new(StorageState::default());
-        request_processor.set_bank(bank.clone());
+        request_processor.set_bank(&bank);
         thread::spawn(move || {
             let last_id = bank.last_id();
             let tx = SystemTransaction::new_move(&alice, bob_pubkey, 20, last_id, 0);
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ mod tests {
         let meta = Meta {
             request_processor: {
                 let mut request_processor = JsonRpcRequestProcessor::new(StorageState::default());
-                request_processor.set_bank(bank);
+                request_processor.set_bank(&bank);
                 Arc::new(RwLock::new(request_processor))
             },
             cluster_info: Arc::new(RwLock::new(ClusterInfo::new(NodeInfo::default()))),
diff --git a/src/rpc_service.rs b/src/rpc_service.rs
index 0d522331b..b98424c11 100644
--- a/src/rpc_service.rs
+++ b/src/rpc_service.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl JsonRpcService {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn set_bank(&mut self, bank: Arc<Bank>) {
+    pub fn set_bank(&mut self, bank: &Arc<Bank>) {
         self.request_processor.write().unwrap().set_bank(bank);
     }
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let mut rpc_service =
             JsonRpcService::new(&cluster_info, rpc_addr, drone_addr, StorageState::default());
-        rpc_service.set_bank(Arc::new(bank));
+        rpc_service.set_bank(&Arc::new(bank));
         let thread = rpc_service.thread_hdl.thread();
         assert_eq!(thread.name().unwrap(), "solana-jsonrpc");
 
diff --git a/src/tpu.rs b/src/tpu.rs
index 95d797b47..02b372902 100644
--- a/src/tpu.rs
+++ b/src/tpu.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl Tpu {
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     pub fn switch_to_leader(
         &mut self,
-        bank: Arc<Bank>,
+        bank: &Arc<Bank>,
         poh_recorder: &Arc<Mutex<PohRecorder>>,
         transactions_sockets: Vec<UdpSocket>,
         broadcast_socket: UdpSocket,