diff --git a/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go b/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
index 1b21fa5c4..61d0813ab 100644
--- a/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
+++ b/kv/memberlist/memberlist_client.go
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ func (m *KV) mergeValueForKey(key string, incomingValue Mergeable, casVersion ui
 	m.storeMu.Lock()
 	defer m.storeMu.Unlock()
 
-	curr := m.store[key].Clone()
+	curr := m.store[key] //.Clone()
 	// if casVersion is 0, then there was no previous value, so we will just do normal merge, without localCAS flag set.
 	if casVersion > 0 && curr.version != casVersion {
 		return nil, 0, errVersionMismatch
diff --git a/ring/model.go b/ring/model.go
index cb2d7c787..2df1a988b 100644
--- a/ring/model.go
+++ b/ring/model.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (d *Desc) mergeWithTime(mergeable memberlist.Mergeable, localCAS bool, now
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	thisIngesterMap := buildNormalizedIngestersMap(d)
+	thisIngesterMap := d.Ingesters //buildNormalizedIngestersMap(d)
 	otherIngesterMap := buildNormalizedIngestersMap(other)
 
 	var updated []string