diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
index 6f42b54ac2..72ece7f6a7 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -1405,13 +1405,13 @@ pub fn remote_layer_path(
     tenant_id: &TenantId,
     timeline_id: &TimelineId,
     layer_file_name: &LayerFileName,
-    layer_meta: &LayerFileMetadata,
+    generation: Generation,
 ) -> RemotePath {
     // Generation-aware key format
     let path = format!(
         "tenants/{tenant_id}/{TIMELINES_SEGMENT_NAME}/{timeline_id}/{0}{1}",
         layer_file_name.file_name(),
-        layer_meta.generation.get_suffix()
+        generation.get_suffix()
     );
 
     RemotePath::from_string(&path).expect("Failed to construct path")
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
index 9863215529..5c173c613f 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ pub async fn download_layer_file<'a>(
         .timeline_path(&tenant_id, &timeline_id)
         .join(layer_file_name.file_name());
 
-    let remote_path = remote_layer_path(&tenant_id, &timeline_id, layer_file_name, layer_metadata);
+    let remote_path = remote_layer_path(
+        &tenant_id,
+        &timeline_id,
+        layer_file_name,
+        layer_metadata.generation,
+    );
 
     // Perform a rename inspired by durable_rename from file_utils.c.
     // The sequence: