diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
index 5e3a5c6..5b4f711 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-invertedindex/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/invertedindex/impls/LSMInvertedIndex.java
@@ -392,20 +392,22 @@
         PermutingTupleReference keysOnlyTuple = createKeysOnlyTupleReference();
         MultiComparator keyCmp = MultiComparator.createIgnoreFieldLength(invListCmpFactories);
 
-        LSMInvertedIndexOpContext ctx = (LSMInvertedIndexOpContext) ictx;
-        ILSMComponent c = ctx.getComponentHolder().get(0);
-        LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent mutableComponent = (LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent) c;
         // TODO: This check is not pretty, but it does the job. Come up with something more OO in the future.
         // Distinguish between regular searches and range searches (mostly used in merges).
         if (pred instanceof InvertedIndexSearchPredicate) {
             initState = new LSMInvertedIndexSearchCursorInitialState(keyCmp, keysOnlyTuple, indexAccessors,
-                    deletedKeysBTreeAccessors, mutableComponent.getDeletedKeysBTree().getLeafFrameFactory(), ictx,
-                    includeMutableComponent, lsmHarness, operationalComponents);
+                    deletedKeysBTreeAccessors,
+                    ((LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent) mutableComponents.get(currentMutableComponentId.get()))
+                            .getDeletedKeysBTree().getLeafFrameFactory(), ictx, includeMutableComponent, lsmHarness,
+                    operationalComponents);
         } else {
+            LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent mutableComponent = (LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent) mutableComponents
+                    .get(currentMutableComponentId.get());
             InMemoryInvertedIndex memInvIndex = (InMemoryInvertedIndex) mutableComponent.getInvIndex();
             MultiComparator tokensAndKeysCmp = MultiComparator.create(memInvIndex.getBTree().getComparatorFactories());
             initState = new LSMInvertedIndexRangeSearchCursorInitialState(tokensAndKeysCmp, keyCmp, keysOnlyTuple,
-                    mutableComponent.getDeletedKeysBTree().getLeafFrameFactory(), includeMutableComponent, lsmHarness,
+                    ((LSMInvertedIndexMutableComponent) mutableComponents.get(currentMutableComponentId.get()))
+                            .getDeletedKeysBTree().getLeafFrameFactory(), includeMutableComponent, lsmHarness,
                     indexAccessors, deletedKeysBTreeAccessors, pred, operationalComponents);
         }
         return initState;
@@ -526,7 +528,6 @@
         LSMInvertedIndexOpContext ictx = createOpContext(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
         ictx.setOperation(IndexOperation.MERGE);
         List<ILSMComponent> mergingComponents = ctx.getComponentHolder();
-        ictx.getComponentHolder().addAll(mergingComponents);
         IIndexCursor cursor = new LSMInvertedIndexRangeSearchCursor(ictx);
 
         LSMInvertedIndexImmutableComponent firstComponent = (LSMInvertedIndexImmutableComponent) mergingComponents
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
index e17f742..db08edc 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/rtree/impls/LSMRTree.java
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@
         ILSMIndexOperationContext rctx = createOpContext(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
         rctx.setOperation(IndexOperation.MERGE);
         List<ILSMComponent> mergingComponents = ctx.getComponentHolder();
-        rctx.getComponentHolder().addAll(mergingComponents);
         ITreeIndexCursor cursor = new LSMRTreeSortedCursor(rctx, linearizer);
         LSMComponentFileReferences relMergeFileRefs = getMergeTargetFileName(mergingComponents);
         ILSMIndexAccessorInternal accessor = new LSMRTreeAccessor(lsmHarness, rctx);