diff --git a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
index d25df2ef3e..c32f889958 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
 
         loop {
             // Create a future that will become ready when we need to stop batching.
-            // If there's carry, take the time it already spent batching into consideration.
             use futures::future::Either;
             let batching_deadline = match (
                 &*maybe_carry as &Option<Carry>,
@@ -658,9 +657,8 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                         }
                         Some(batch_timeout) => {
                             // Take into consideration the time the carry spent waiting.
-                            let now = Instant::now();
                             let batch_timeout =
-                                batch_timeout.saturating_sub(now - carry.started_at);
+                                batch_timeout.saturating_sub(carry.started_at.elapsed());
                             if batch_timeout.is_zero() {
                                 // the timer doesn't support restarting with zero duration
                                 return Ok(BatchOrEof::Batch(smallvec::smallvec![
@@ -816,8 +814,10 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                 }
             };
 
-            // check if we can batch
-            match (maybe_carry.take(), this_msg) {
+            //
+            // batch
+            //
+            match (maybe_carry.as_mut(), this_msg) {
                 (None, this_msg) => {
                     *maybe_carry = Some(Carry { msg: this_msg, started_at: msg_start });
                 }
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                     Some(Carry { msg: BatchedFeMessage::GetPage {
                         span: _,
                         shard: accum_shard,
-                        pages: mut accum_pages,
+                        pages: ref mut accum_pages,
                         effective_request_lsn: accum_lsn,
                     }, started_at: _}),
                     BatchedFeMessage::GetPage {
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                     }
                     // the vectored get currently only supports a single LSN, so, bounce as soon
                     // as the effective request_lsn changes
-                    if accum_lsn != this_lsn {
+                    if *accum_lsn != this_lsn {
                         trace!(%accum_lsn, %this_lsn, "stopping batching because LSN changed");
                         return false;
                     }
@@ -864,10 +864,11 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                 }
                 (Some(carry), this_msg) => {
                     // by default, don't continue batching
-                    *maybe_carry = Some(Carry {
-                        msg: this_msg,
-                        started_at: msg_start,
-                    });
+                    let carry = std::mem::replace(carry,
+                        Carry {
+                            msg: this_msg,
+                            started_at: msg_start,
+                        });
                     return Ok(BatchOrEof::Batch(smallvec::smallvec![carry.msg]));
                 }
             }