diff --git a/ledger/acctonline.go b/ledger/acctonline.go
index bd1cbedc86..f14c61ed29 100644
--- a/ledger/acctonline.go
+++ b/ledger/acctonline.go
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ func (ao *onlineAccounts) prepareCommit(dcc *deferredCommitContext) error {
 	// Index that corresponds to the oldest round still in deltas
 	startIndex := len(ao.onlineRoundParamsData) - len(ao.deltas) - 1
 	if ao.onlineRoundParamsData[startIndex+1].CurrentProtocol != ao.onlineRoundParamsData[startIndex+int(offset)].CurrentProtocol {
-		ao.accountsMu.RUnlock()
-
 		// in scheduleCommit, we expect that this function to update the catchpointWriting when
 		// it's on a catchpoint round and the node is configured to generate catchpoints. Doing this in a deferred function
 		// here would prevent us from "forgetting" to update this variable later on.