diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 903aea5..a7f7251 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -136,13 +136,8 @@ func (db *DB) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			dataHashReaders = append(dataHashReaders, nextReader)
 			prevHashReader = nextReader
 		}
-		pointerHashReaders := make([]*pipeline.Reader, 0, 2)
-		for range cap(pointerHashReaders) {
-			nextReader := pipeline.NewReader(prevHashReader)
-			pointerHashReaders = append(pointerHashReaders, nextReader)
-			prevHashReader = nextReader
-		}
-		storeNodesReader := pipeline.NewReader(prevHashReader)
+		pointerHashReader := pipeline.NewReader(prevHashReader)
+		storeNodesReader := pipeline.NewReader(pointerHashReader)
 
 		spawn("supervisor", parallel.Exit, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			var lastCommitCh chan<- error
@@ -182,11 +177,9 @@ func (db *DB) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 				return db.updateDataHashes(ctx, reader, uint64(i))
 			})
 		}
-		for i, reader := range pointerHashReaders {
-			spawn(fmt.Sprintf("pointerhash-%02d", i), parallel.Fail, func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				return db.updatePointerHashes(ctx, reader, uint64(i))
-			})
-		}
+		spawn("pointerhash", parallel.Fail, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			return db.updatePointerHashes(ctx, pointerHashReader)
+		})
 		spawn("storeNodes", parallel.Fail, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return db.storeNodes(ctx, storeNodesReader)
 		})
@@ -681,12 +674,9 @@ func (r *reader) Acknowledge(count uint64, req *pipeline.TransactionRequest, com
 	r.pipeReader.Acknowledge(count, req)
 }
 
-// FIXME (wojciech): Fix data races:
-// - pointer present later in a pipeline must be included in later slot.
 func (db *DB) updatePointerHashes(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	pipeReader *pipeline.Reader,
-	mod uint64,
 ) error {
 	r := &reader{
 		pipeReader: pipeReader,
@@ -702,74 +692,78 @@ func (db *DB) updatePointerHashes(
 	var hashes [16]*byte
 	hashesP := &hashes[0]
 
+	n2 := 0
 	for {
-		var mask uint16
+		n := n2
+		n2 = 0
+		for _, req := range slots[:n] {
+			if req.PointerIndex == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 
-		minReq := request{
-			Count: math.MaxUint64,
-		}
+			req.PointerIndex--
+			if req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].Pointer.Revision != uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(req.StoreRequest)) {
+				// Pointers are processed from the data node up t the root node. If at any level
+				// revision test fails, it doesn't make sense to process parent nodes because revision
+				// test will fail there for sure.
+				continue
+			}
 
-		var nilSlots int
+			slots[n2] = req
+			n2++
+		}
 
 	riLoop:
-		for ri := range slots {
-			req := slots[ri]
-
-			var volatileAddress types.VolatileAddress
-			var hash *types.Hash
+		for ri := n2; ri < len(slots); ri++ {
 			for {
-				if req.PointerIndex == 0 {
-					var err error
-					req, err = r.Read(ctx)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
-					if req.TxRequest.Type == pipeline.Commit {
-						commitReq = req
-					}
-
-					if req.StoreRequest == nil {
-						nilSlots++
-						slots[ri] = req
-						continue riLoop
-					}
+				req, err := r.Read(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
 
-				req.PointerIndex--
-				volatileAddress = req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].VolatileAddress
+				if req.TxRequest.Type == pipeline.Commit {
+					commitReq = req
+				}
 
-				if uint64(volatileAddress)&1 != mod {
-					continue
+				if req.StoreRequest == nil {
+					break riLoop
 				}
 
-				pointer := req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].Pointer
-				if pointer.Revision != uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(req.StoreRequest)) {
-					// Pointers are processed from the data node up t the root node. If at any level
+				req.PointerIndex--
+				if req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].Pointer.Revision != uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(req.StoreRequest)) {
+					// Pointers are processed from the data node up to the root node. If at any level
 					// revision test fails, it doesn't make sense to process parent nodes because revision
 					// test will fail there for sure.
-					req.PointerIndex = 0
 					continue
 				}
 
-				if req.Count < minReq.Count {
-					minReq = req
-				}
-				hash = req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].Hash
+				slots[n2] = req
+				n2++
 
 				break
 			}
-
-			slots[ri] = req
-			mask |= 1 << ri
-			matrix[ri] = (*byte)(db.config.State.Node(volatileAddress))
-			hashes[ri] = &hash[0]
 		}
 
-		if nilSlots == len(slots) {
+		if n2 == 0 {
 			r.Acknowledge(commitReq.Count, commitReq.TxRequest, true)
 			commitReq = request{}
 		} else {
+			var mask uint16
+
+			minReq := request{
+				Count: math.MaxUint64,
+			}
+
+			for ri, req := range slots[:n2] {
+				if req.Count < minReq.Count {
+					minReq = req
+				}
+
+				mask |= 1 << ri
+				matrix[ri] = (*byte)(db.config.State.Node(req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].VolatileAddress))
+				hashes[ri] = &req.StoreRequest.Store[req.PointerIndex].Hash[0]
+			}
+
 			hash.Blake32048(matrixP, hashesP, mask)
 			r.Acknowledge(minReq.Count-1, minReq.TxRequest, false)
 		}