diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index 42d9e10307..b13521e0ed 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ impl Tenant {
             walredo_global_state,
         } = resources;
 
+        let wal_redo_manager = Arc::new(WalRedoManager::from(PostgresRedoManager::new(
+            walredo_global_state,
+            tenant_shard_id,
+        )));
+
         let attach_mode = attached_conf.location.attach_mode;
         let generation = attached_conf.location.generation;
 
@@ -2487,22 +2492,11 @@ impl Tenant {
         conf: &'static PageServerConf,
         attached_conf: AttachedTenantConf,
         shard_identity: ShardIdentity,
+        walredo_mgr: Option<Arc<WalRedoManager>>,
         tenant_shard_id: TenantShardId,
         remote_storage: GenericRemoteStorage,
         deletion_queue_client: DeletionQueueClient,
     ) -> Tenant {
-        let cancel = CancellationToken::default();
-
-        let walredo_mgr = if let TenantState::Broken { .. } = &state {
-            None
-        } else {
-            Some(Arc::new(WalRedoManager::from(PostgresRedoManager::new(
-                walredo_global_state,
-                tenant_shard_id,
-                cancel.child_token(),
-            ))))
-        };
-
         let (state, mut rx) = watch::channel(state);
 
         tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -2577,7 +2571,7 @@ impl Tenant {
             cached_synthetic_tenant_size: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
             eviction_task_tenant_state: tokio::sync::Mutex::new(EvictionTaskTenantState::default()),
             activate_now_sem: tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(0),
-            cancel,
+            cancel: CancellationToken::default(),
             gate: Gate::default(),
             timeline_get_throttle: Arc::new(throttle::Throttle::new(
                 Tenant::get_timeline_get_throttle_config(conf, &attached_conf.tenant_conf),
diff --git a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
index e3cb69bdc5..e9782e64b1 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use pageserver_api::models::{WalRedoManagerProcessStatus, WalRedoManagerStatus};
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
-use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ impl GlobalState {
 pub struct PostgresRedoManager {
     global_state: Arc<GlobalState>,
     tenant_shard_id: TenantShardId,
-    cancel: CancellationToken,
     last_redo_at: std::sync::Mutex<Option<Instant>>,
     /// The current [`process::WalRedoProcess`] that is used by new redo requests.
     /// We use [`heavier_once_cell`] for coalescing the spawning, but the redo
@@ -202,12 +200,10 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
     pub fn new(
         global_state: Arc<GlobalState>,
         tenant_shard_id: TenantShardId,
-        cancel: CancellationToken,
     ) -> PostgresRedoManager {
         // The actual process is launched lazily, on first request.
         PostgresRedoManager {
             global_state,
-            cancel,
             tenant_shard_id,
             last_redo_at: std::sync::Mutex::default(),
             redo_process: heavier_once_cell::OnceCell::default(),