diff --git a/hphp/util/concurrent-lru-cache.h b/hphp/util/concurrent-lru-cache.h
index a9a5b3ae33c58..2148acf95e645 100644
--- a/hphp/util/concurrent-lru-cache.h
+++ b/hphp/util/concurrent-lru-cache.h
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ insert(const TKey& key, const TValue& value) {
     delete node;
     return false;
   }
+  hashAccessor.release();
 
   // Evict if necessary, now that we know the hashmap insertion was successful.
   size_t size = m_size.load();