diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_backpressure.go b/pkg/storage/replica_backpressure.go
index 34cb60004689..cc79e3f7963d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_backpressure.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_backpressure.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var backpressurableReqMethods = util.MakeFastIntSet(
 	int(roachpb.Increment),
 	int(roachpb.Delete),
 	int(roachpb.DeleteRange),
+	int(roachpb.AddSSTable),
 )
 
 // backpressurableSpans contains spans of keys where write backpressuring