diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index ad2b44d7db..c713bc0ca2 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ impl Tenant {
             let mut activated_timelines = 0;
 
             for timeline in not_broken_timelines {
-                timeline.activate(broker_client, ctx);
+                timeline.activate(broker_client.clone(), ctx);
                 activated_timelines += 1;
             }