diff --git a/ledger/src/leader_schedule_cache.rs b/ledger/src/leader_schedule_cache.rs
index 4b07807b40d174..a1607ab0cb3a46 100644
--- a/ledger/src/leader_schedule_cache.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/leader_schedule_cache.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl LeaderScheduleCache {
     pub fn new(epoch_schedule: EpochSchedule, root_bank: &Bank) -> Self {
         let cache = Self {
             cached_schedules: RwLock::new((HashMap::new(), VecDeque::new())),
-            epoch_schedule: epoch_schedule.clone(),
+            epoch_schedule,
             max_epoch: RwLock::new(0),
             max_schedules: CacheCapacity::default(),
             fixed_schedule: None,
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ impl LeaderScheduleCache {
         cache.set_root(root_bank);
 
         // Calculate the schedule for all epochs between 0 and leader_schedule_epoch(root)
-        let leader_schedule_epoch = epoch_schedule.get_leader_schedule_epoch(root_bank.slot());
+        let leader_schedule_epoch = cache
+            .epoch_schedule
+            .get_leader_schedule_epoch(root_bank.slot());
         for epoch in 0..leader_schedule_epoch {
-            let first_slot_in_epoch = epoch_schedule.get_first_slot_in_epoch(epoch);
+            let first_slot_in_epoch = cache.epoch_schedule.get_first_slot_in_epoch(epoch);
             cache.slot_leader_at(first_slot_in_epoch, Some(root_bank));
         }
         cache