diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index edb61914cb53ed..489f617647fca9 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -7461,7 +7461,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         config: &CalcAccountsHashConfig<'_>,
         filler_account_suffix: Option<&Pubkey>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<CacheHashDataFile>, AccountsHashVerificationError> {
-        let _ = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashScan);
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashScan);
 
         let bin_calculator = PubkeyBinCalculator24::new(bins);
         assert!(bin_range.start < bins && bin_range.end <= bins && bin_range.start < bin_range.end);
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
index 8b819c28c98cf7..e012b3ff212c8b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_hash.rs
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ impl<'a> AccountsHasher<'a> {
         // a. vec: PUBKEY_BINS_FOR_CALCULATING_HASHES in pubkey order
         //      vec: individual hashes in pubkey order, 1 hash per
         // b. lamports
-        let _ = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashDeDup);
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashDeDup);
 
         let mut zeros = Measure::start("eliminate zeros");
         let min_max_sum_entries_hashes = Mutex::new((usize::MAX, usize::MIN, 0u64, 0usize, 0usize));
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ impl<'a> AccountsHasher<'a> {
 
         let cumulative = CumulativeHashesFromFiles::from_files(hashes);
 
-        let _ = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashMerkleTree);
+        let _guard = self.active_stats.activate(ActiveStatItem::HashMerkleTree);
         let mut hash_time = Measure::start("hash");
         let (hash, _) = Self::compute_merkle_root_from_slices(
             cumulative.total_count(),