diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
index 33a57d56461c78..bfacc83b69a9e1 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts.rs
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ impl Accounts {
         self.load_slow(ancestors, pubkey, LoadHint::FixedMaxRoot)
     }
 
+    /// same as `load_with_fixed_root` except:
+    /// if the account is not already in the read cache, it is NOT put in the read cache on successful load
+    pub fn load_with_fixed_root_do_not_populate_read_cache(
+        &self,
+        ancestors: &Ancestors,
+        pubkey: &Pubkey,
+    ) -> Option<(AccountSharedData, Slot)> {
+        self.load_slow(
+            ancestors,
+            pubkey,
+            LoadHint::FixedMaxRootDoNotPopulateReadCache,
+        )
+    }
+
     pub fn load_without_fixed_root(
         &self,
         ancestors: &Ancestors,
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index 0aabae8e93ea1b..f9d40da83e9f7c 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ pub enum LoadHint {
     // account loading, while maintaining the determinism of account loading and resultant
     // transaction execution thereof.
     FixedMaxRoot,
+    /// same as `FixedMaxRoot`, except do not populate the read cache on load
+    FixedMaxRootDoNotPopulateReadCache,
     // Caller can't hint the above safety assumption. Generally RPC and miscellaneous
     // other call-site falls into this category. The likelihood of slower path is slightly
     // increased as well.
@@ -5119,7 +5121,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                     // so retry. This works because in accounts cache flush, an account is written to
                     // storage *before* it is removed from the cache
                     match load_hint {
-                        LoadHint::FixedMaxRoot => {
+                        LoadHint::FixedMaxRootDoNotPopulateReadCache | LoadHint::FixedMaxRoot => {
                             // it's impossible for this to fail for transaction loads from
                             // replaying/banking more than once.
                             // This is because:
@@ -5139,7 +5141,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                 }
                 LoadedAccountAccessor::Stored(None) => {
                     match load_hint {
-                        LoadHint::FixedMaxRoot => {
+                        LoadHint::FixedMaxRootDoNotPopulateReadCache | LoadHint::FixedMaxRoot => {
                             // When running replay on the validator, or banking stage on the leader,
                             // it should be very rare that the storage entry doesn't exist if the
                             // entry in the accounts index is the latest version of this account.
@@ -5348,7 +5350,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             return None;
         }
 
-        if !is_cached {
+        if !is_cached && load_hint != LoadHint::FixedMaxRootDoNotPopulateReadCache {
             /*
             We show this store into the read-only cache for account 'A' and future loads of 'A' from the read-only cache are
             safe/reflect 'A''s latest state on this fork.
diff --git a/runtime/src/bank.rs b/runtime/src/bank.rs
index c8afb7406164ae..f9a785eb9b5a57 100644
--- a/runtime/src/bank.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/bank.rs
@@ -1823,8 +1823,13 @@ impl Bank {
         // from Stakes<Delegation> by reading the full account state from
         // accounts-db. Note that it is crucial that these accounts are loaded
         // at the right slot and match precisely with serialized Delegations.
+        // Note that we are disabling the read cache while we populate the stakes cache.
+        // The stakes accounts will not be expected to be loaded again.
+        // If we populate the read cache with these loads, then we'll just soon have to evict these.
         let stakes = Stakes::new(&fields.stakes, |pubkey| {
-            let (account, _slot) = bank_rc.accounts.load_with_fixed_root(&ancestors, pubkey)?;
+            let (account, _slot) = bank_rc
+                .accounts
+                .load_with_fixed_root_do_not_populate_read_cache(&ancestors, pubkey)?;
             Some(account)
         })
         .expect(