diff --git a/db/forward_iterator.cc b/db/forward_iterator.cc
index cfebaa31a54..6074c4d1201 100644
--- a/db/forward_iterator.cc
+++ b/db/forward_iterator.cc
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ void ForwardIterator::RebuildIterators(bool refresh_sv) {
     sv_ = cfd_->GetReferencedSuperVersion(&(db_->mutex_));
   }
   RangeDelAggregator range_del_agg(
-      InternalKeyComparator(cfd_->internal_comparator()), {} /* snapshots */);
+      cfd_->internal_comparator(), {} /* snapshots */);
   mutable_iter_ = sv_->mem->NewIterator(read_options_, &arena_);
   sv_->imm->AddIterators(read_options_, &imm_iters_, &arena_);
   if (!read_options_.ignore_range_deletions) {
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ void ForwardIterator::RenewIterators() {
   mutable_iter_ = svnew->mem->NewIterator(read_options_, &arena_);
   svnew->imm->AddIterators(read_options_, &imm_iters_, &arena_);
   RangeDelAggregator range_del_agg(
-      InternalKeyComparator(cfd_->internal_comparator()), {} /* snapshots */);
+      cfd_->internal_comparator(), {} /* snapshots */);
   if (!read_options_.ignore_range_deletions) {
     std::unique_ptr<InternalIterator> range_del_iter(
         svnew->mem->NewRangeTombstoneIterator(read_options_));