diff --git a/satellite/gracefulexit/chore.go b/satellite/gracefulexit/chore.go
index 1cd4d2ae1..1e1fa4a96 100644
--- a/satellite/gracefulexit/chore.go
+++ b/satellite/gracefulexit/chore.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (chore *Chore) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		}
 
 		// Populate transfer queue for nodes that have not completed the exit loop yet
-		pathCollector := NewPathCollector(chore.db, exitingNodesLoopIncomplete, chore.log, chore.config.ChoreBatchSize)
+		pathCollector := NewPathCollector(chore.log, chore.db, exitingNodesLoopIncomplete, chore.config.ChoreBatchSize)
 		err = chore.segmentLoop.Join(ctx, pathCollector)
 		if err != nil {
 			chore.log.Error("error joining segment loop.", zap.Error(err))
diff --git a/satellite/gracefulexit/pathcollector.go b/satellite/gracefulexit/pathcollector.go
index 31933bcc5..fced09340 100644
--- a/satellite/gracefulexit/pathcollector.go
+++ b/satellite/gracefulexit/pathcollector.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package gracefulexit
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/zeebo/errs"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -23,27 +22,25 @@ var _ segmentloop.Observer = (*PathCollector)(nil)
 //
 // architecture: Observer
 type PathCollector struct {
-	db            DB
-	nodeIDMutex   sync.Mutex
-	nodeIDStorage map[storj.NodeID]int64
-	buffer        []TransferQueueItem
 	log           *zap.Logger
+	db            DB
+	buffer        []TransferQueueItem
 	batchSize     int
+	nodeIDStorage map[storj.NodeID]int64
 }
 
 // NewPathCollector instantiates a path collector.
-func NewPathCollector(db DB, nodeIDs storj.NodeIDList, log *zap.Logger, batchSize int) *PathCollector {
-	buffer := make([]TransferQueueItem, 0, batchSize)
+func NewPathCollector(log *zap.Logger, db DB, exitingNodes storj.NodeIDList, batchSize int) *PathCollector {
 	collector := &PathCollector{
-		db:        db,
-		log:       log,
-		buffer:    buffer,
-		batchSize: batchSize,
+		log:           log,
+		db:            db,
+		buffer:        make([]TransferQueueItem, 0, batchSize),
+		batchSize:     batchSize,
+		nodeIDStorage: make(map[storj.NodeID]int64, len(exitingNodes)),
 	}
 
-	if len(nodeIDs) > 0 {
-		collector.nodeIDStorage = make(map[storj.NodeID]int64, len(nodeIDs))
-		for _, nodeID := range nodeIDs {
+	if len(exitingNodes) > 0 {
+		for _, nodeID := range exitingNodes {
 			collector.nodeIDStorage[nodeID] = 0
 		}
 	}
@@ -70,19 +67,23 @@ func (collector *PathCollector) RemoteSegment(ctx context.Context, segment *segm
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	collector.nodeIDMutex.Lock()
-	defer collector.nodeIDMutex.Unlock()
+	pieceSize := int64(-1)
 
 	numPieces := len(segment.Pieces)
 	for _, piece := range segment.Pieces {
 		if _, ok := collector.nodeIDStorage[piece.StorageNode]; !ok {
 			continue
 		}
-		redundancy, err := eestream.NewRedundancyStrategyFromStorj(segment.Redundancy)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+
+		// avoid creating new redundancy strategy for every segment piece
+		if pieceSize == -1 {
+			redundancy, err := eestream.NewRedundancyStrategyFromStorj(segment.Redundancy)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			pieceSize = eestream.CalcPieceSize(int64(segment.EncryptedSize), redundancy)
 		}
-		pieceSize := eestream.CalcPieceSize(int64(segment.EncryptedSize), redundancy)
+
 		collector.nodeIDStorage[piece.StorageNode] += pieceSize
 
 		item := TransferQueueItem{