diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
index cb28068..05a6fa3 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-lsm-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/lsm/common/impls/LSMHarness.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         // If the search doesn't include the in-memory component, then we don't have
         // to synchronize with a flush.
         if (includeMemComponent) {
-            opTracker.beforeOperation(ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback(), true);
+            opTracker.beforeOperation(ctx.getSearchOperationCallback(), ctx.getModificationCallback(), false);
         }
 
         // Get a snapshot of the current on-disk Trees.