diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 2a1f2e14f..b4896fa95 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -3854,8 +3854,11 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             } = self.get_unique_accounts_from_storages(old_storages.iter());
 
             // sort by pubkey to keep account index lookups close
-            let mut stored_accounts = stored_accounts.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-            stored_accounts.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+            let stored_accounts = {
+                let mut stored_accounts = stored_accounts.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                stored_accounts.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+                stored_accounts
+            };
 
             let mut index_read_elapsed = Measure::start("index_read_elapsed");
             let alive_total_collect = AtomicUsize::new(0);
@@ -3895,7 +3898,6 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             let alive_total = alive_total_collect.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
             index_read_elapsed.stop();
             let aligned_total: u64 = Self::page_align(alive_total as u64);
-            // we could sort these
             // could follow what shrink does more closely
             if stored_accounts.is_empty() {
                 continue; // skipping slot with no useful accounts to write