diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
index ccc1d38..ee03570 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractLSMIndex.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponent;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponent.ComponentState;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMComponentFilterFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMHarness;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIOOperationCallback;
@@ -258,4 +259,8 @@
         //check if the current memory component has been modified
         return !((AbstractMemoryLSMComponent) memoryComponents.get(currentMutableComponentId.get())).isModified();
     }
+    
+    public void makeCurrentMutableComponentUnWritable() throws HyracksDataException {
+        ((AbstractMemoryLSMComponent) memoryComponents.get(currentMutableComponentId.get())).setState(ComponentState.READABLE_UNWRITABLE);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractMemoryLSMComponent.java b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractMemoryLSMComponent.java
index 2c59677..b86e98f 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractMemoryLSMComponent.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/AbstractMemoryLSMComponent.java
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
     public ComponentState getState() {
         return state;
     }
+    
+    public void setState(ComponentState state) {
+        this.state = state;
+    }
 
     public void setActive() {
         requestedToBeActive = true;