diff --git a/db/view/view_update_generator.cc b/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
index 7f6946def3..07bece8808 100644
--- a/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
+++ b/db/view/view_update_generator.cc
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ void view_update_generator::setup_metrics() {
 
 void view_update_generator::discover_staging_sstables() {
     for (auto& x : _db.get_column_families()) {
-        replica::table& t = *(x.second);
-        for (auto sstables = t.get_sstables(); sstables::shared_sstable sst : *sstables) {
+        auto t = x.second->shared_from_this();
+        for (auto sstables = t->get_sstables(); sstables::shared_sstable sst : *sstables) {
             if (sst->requires_view_building()) {
-                _sstables_with_tables[t.shared_from_this()].push_back(std::move(sst));
+                _sstables_with_tables[t].push_back(std::move(sst));
                 // we're at early stage here, no need to kick _pending_sstables (the
                 // bulding fiber is not running), neither we can wait on the semaphore
                 _registration_sem.consume(1);