diff --git a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
index b8e6a342a64a..75bd9bbbae4a 100644
--- a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
+++ b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "cloud_storage/types.h"
 #include "storage/parser_errc.h"
 #include "storage/types.h"
+#include "utils/gate_guard.h"
 #include "utils/retry_chain_node.h"
 #include "utils/stream_utils.h"
 
@@ -501,27 +502,29 @@ remote_partition::get_term_last_offset(model::term_id term) const {
 
 ss::future<std::vector<cluster::rm_stm::tx_range>>
 remote_partition::aborted_transactions(offset_range offsets) {
+    gate_guard guard(_gate);
     // Here we have to use kafka offsets to locate the segments and
     // redpanda offsets to extract aborted transactions metadata because
     // tx-manifests contains redpanda offsets.
     std::vector<cluster::rm_stm::tx_range> result;
-    auto first_it = _segments.upper_bound(offsets.begin);
-    if (first_it != _segments.begin()) {
+
+    // that's a stable btree iterator that makes key lookup on increment
+    auto first_it = upper_bound(offsets.begin);
+    if (first_it != begin()) {
         first_it = std::prev(first_it);
     }
-    for (auto it = first_it; it != _segments.end(); it++) {
+    for (auto it = first_it; it != end(); it++) {
         if (it->first > offsets.end) {
             break;
         }
-        auto& st = it->second;
         auto tx = co_await ss::visit(
-          st,
-          [this, &st, offsets, offset_key = it->first](
+          it->second,
+          [this, offsets, offset_key = it->first](
             offloaded_segment_state& off_state) {
               auto tmp = off_state->materialize(*this, offset_key);
               auto res = tmp->segment->aborted_transactions(
                 offsets.begin_rp, offsets.end_rp);
-              st = std::move(tmp);
+              _segments.insert_or_assign(offset_key, std::move(tmp));
               return res;
           },
           [offsets](materialized_segment_ptr& m_state) {
@@ -540,10 +543,10 @@ remote_partition::aborted_transactions(offset_range offsets) {
       "found {} aborted transactions for {}-{} offset range ({}-{} before "
       "offset translaction)",
       result.size(),
-      offsets.begin_rp,
       offsets.begin,
-      offsets.end_rp,
-      offsets.end);
+      offsets.end,
+      offsets.begin_rp,
+      offsets.end_rp);
     co_return result;
 }
 
@@ -560,9 +563,9 @@ ss::future<> remote_partition::stop() {
         co_await std::visit([](auto&& rs) { return rs->stop(); }, rs);
     }
 
-    for (auto& [offset, seg] : _segments) {
-        vlog(_ctxlog.debug, "remote partition stop {}", offset);
-        co_await std::visit([](auto&& st) { return st->stop(); }, seg);
+    for (auto it = begin(); it != end(); it++) {
+        vlog(_ctxlog.debug, "remote partition stop {}", it->first);
+        co_await std::visit([](auto&& st) { return st->stop(); }, it->second);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.h b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.h
index 3d14fce35729..8878d2326f09 100644
--- a/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.h
+++ b/src/v/cloud_storage/remote_partition.h
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ namespace details {
 /// iterator stability guarantee by caching the key and
 /// doing a lookup on every increment.
 /// This turns iterator increment into O(logN) operation
-/// but this is OK since the underlying btree_map has high
-/// fan-out ratio so the logarithm base is relatively large.
+/// Deleting from underlying btree_map is not supported.
 template<class TKey, class TVal>
 class btree_map_stable_iterator
   : public boost::iterator_facade<
@@ -93,6 +92,10 @@ class btree_map_stable_iterator
         vassert(
           _key.has_value(), "btree_map_stable_iterator can't be incremented");
         auto it = _map.get().find(*_key);
+        // _key should be present since deletions are not supported
+        vassert(
+          it != _map.get().end(),
+          "btree_map_stable_iterator can't be incremented");
         ++it;
         if (it == _map.get().end()) {
             set_end();
@@ -326,6 +329,10 @@ class remote_partition
     cache& _cache;
     const partition_manifest& _manifest;
     s3::bucket_name _bucket;
+
+    // Deleting from _segments is not supported.
+    // absl::btree_map doesn't provide a pointer stabilty. We are
+    // using remote_partition::btree_map_stable_iterator to work around this.
     segment_map_t _segments;
     eviction_list_t _eviction_list;
     intrusive_list<