diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index ba4f112576ba8d..9a19b02a3865f5 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -511,6 +511,26 @@ struct LoadAccountsIndexForShrink<'a, T: ShrinkCollectRefs<'a>> {
     index_entries_being_shrunk: Vec<AccountMapEntry<AccountInfo>>,
 }
 
+impl<'a, T: ShrinkCollectRefs<'a>> LoadAccountsIndexForShrink<'a, T> {
+    fn reduce(mut a: Self, mut b: Self) -> Self {
+        a.alive_accounts.collect(b.alive_accounts);
+        a.unrefed_pubkeys.append(&mut b.unrefed_pubkeys);
+        a.index_entries_being_shrunk
+            .append(&mut b.index_entries_being_shrunk);
+        a.all_are_zero_lamports = a.all_are_zero_lamports && b.all_are_zero_lamports;
+        a
+    }
+
+    fn new(capacity: usize, slot: u64) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            alive_accounts: T::with_capacity(capacity, slot),
+            unrefed_pubkeys: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
+            all_are_zero_lamports: true,
+            index_entries_being_shrunk: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct GetUniqueAccountsResult<'a> {
     pub stored_accounts: Vec<StoredAccountMeta<'a>>,
     pub capacity: u64,
@@ -3980,49 +4000,33 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             capacity,
         } = unique_accounts;
 
-        let mut index_read_elapsed = Measure::start("index_read_elapsed");
-
         let len = stored_accounts.len();
-        let alive_accounts_collect = Mutex::new(T::with_capacity(len, slot));
-        let unrefed_pubkeys_collect = Mutex::new(Vec::with_capacity(len));
         stats
             .accounts_loaded
             .fetch_add(len as u64, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        let all_are_zero_lamports_collect = Mutex::new(true);
-        let index_entries_being_shrunk_outer = Mutex::new(Vec::default());
-        self.thread_pool_clean.install(|| {
+
+        let mut index_read_elapsed = Measure::start("index_read_elapsed");
+        let LoadAccountsIndexForShrink {
+            alive_accounts,
+            unrefed_pubkeys,
+            all_are_zero_lamports,
+            index_entries_being_shrunk,
+        } = self.thread_pool_clean.install(|| {
             stored_accounts
                 .par_chunks(SHRINK_COLLECT_CHUNK_SIZE)
-                .for_each(|stored_accounts| {
-                    let LoadAccountsIndexForShrink {
-                        alive_accounts,
-                        mut unrefed_pubkeys,
-                        all_are_zero_lamports,
-                        mut index_entries_being_shrunk,
-                    } = self.load_accounts_index_for_shrink(stored_accounts, stats, slot);
-
-                    // collect
-                    alive_accounts_collect
-                        .lock()
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .collect(alive_accounts);
-                    unrefed_pubkeys_collect
-                        .lock()
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .append(&mut unrefed_pubkeys);
-                    index_entries_being_shrunk_outer
-                        .lock()
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .append(&mut index_entries_being_shrunk);
-                    if !all_are_zero_lamports {
-                        *all_are_zero_lamports_collect.lock().unwrap() = false;
-                    }
-                });
+                .fold(
+                    || LoadAccountsIndexForShrink::new(0, slot),
+                    |accum: LoadAccountsIndexForShrink<'_, T>, stored_accounts| {
+                        let to_shrink: LoadAccountsIndexForShrink<'_, T> =
+                            self.load_accounts_index_for_shrink(stored_accounts, stats, slot);
+                        LoadAccountsIndexForShrink::reduce(accum, to_shrink)
+                    },
+                )
+                .reduce(
+                    || LoadAccountsIndexForShrink::new(len, slot),
+                    LoadAccountsIndexForShrink::reduce,
+                )
         });
-
-        let alive_accounts = alive_accounts_collect.into_inner().unwrap();
-        let unrefed_pubkeys = unrefed_pubkeys_collect.into_inner().unwrap();
-
         index_read_elapsed.stop();
         stats
             .index_read_elapsed
@@ -4050,8 +4054,8 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             alive_accounts,
             alive_total_bytes,
             total_starting_accounts: len,
-            all_are_zero_lamports: all_are_zero_lamports_collect.into_inner().unwrap(),
-            _index_entries_being_shrunk: index_entries_being_shrunk_outer.into_inner().unwrap(),
+            all_are_zero_lamports,
+            _index_entries_being_shrunk: index_entries_being_shrunk,
         }
     }