diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer/tests.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer/tests.rs
index 743631b30b..d93c378ffc 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer/tests.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer/tests.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ async fn smoke_test() {
 
     // on accesses when the layer is evicted, it will automatically be downloaded.
     let img_after = {
-        let mut data = ValuesReconstructState::new(IoConcurrency::sequential());
+        let mut data = ValuesReconstructState::new(io_concurrency.clone());
         layer
             .get_values_reconstruct_data(
                 controlfile_keyspace.clone(),