diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
index 684068b..d22280e 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/ioopcallbacks/AbstractLSMIOOperationCallback.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             metadataFrame.setPage(metadataPage);
             metadataFrame.setLSN(componentLSN);
         } finally {
-            metadataPage.releaseWriteLatch();
+            metadataPage.releaseWriteLatch(true);
             bufferCache.unpin(metadataPage);
         }
     }