diff --git a/posting/mvcc.go b/posting/mvcc.go
index c15b8744618..2f5b3d0a9d1 100644
--- a/posting/mvcc.go
+++ b/posting/mvcc.go
@@ -112,6 +112,28 @@ func (ir *incrRollupi) Process(closer *y.Closer) {
 	defer limiter.Stop()
 	cleanupTick := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
 	defer cleanupTick.Stop()
+	forceRollupTick := time.NewTicker(2 * time.Second)
+	defer forceRollupTick.Stop()
+
+	var batch *[][]byte
+
+	doRollup := func() {
+		currTs := time.Now().Unix()
+		for _, key := range *batch {
+			hash := z.MemHash(key)
+			if elem := m[hash]; currTs-elem >= 10 {
+				// Key not present or Key present but last roll up was more than 10 sec ago.
+				// Add/Update map and rollup.
+				m[hash] = currTs
+				if err := ir.rollUpKey(writer, key); err != nil {
+					glog.Warningf("Error %v rolling up key %v\n", err, key)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// clear the batch and put it back in Sync keysPool
+		*batch = (*batch)[:0]
+		ir.keysPool.Put(batch)
+	}
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -125,23 +147,15 @@ func (ir *incrRollupi) Process(closer *y.Closer) {
 					delete(m, hash)
 				}
 			}
-		case batch := <-ir.keysCh:
-			currTs := time.Now().Unix()
-			for _, key := range *batch {
-				hash := z.MemHash(key)
-				if elem := m[hash]; currTs-elem >= 10 {
-					// Key not present or Key present but last roll up was more than 10 sec ago.
-					// Add/Update map and rollup.
-					m[hash] = currTs
-					if err := ir.rollUpKey(writer, key); err != nil {
-						glog.Warningf("Error %v rolling up key %v\n", err, key)
-					}
-				}
+		case <-forceRollupTick.C:
+			batch = ir.keysPool.Get().(*[][]byte)
+			if len(*batch) > 0 {
+				doRollup()
+			} else {
+				ir.keysPool.Put(batch)
 			}
-			// clear the batch and put it back in Sync keysPool
-			*batch = (*batch)[:0]
-			ir.keysPool.Put(batch)
-
+		case batch = <-ir.keysCh:
+			doRollup()
 			// throttle to 1 batch = 64 rollups per 100 ms.
 			<-limiter.C
 		}