diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
index ef2ea2ba84..fb3ae0f520 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Ledger.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ void Ledger::saveAcceptedLedger(Job&, bool fromConsensus)
 			db->executeSQL("COMMIT TRANSACTION;");
 		}
 
-		theApp->getHashedObjectStore().waitWrite(); // wait until all nodes are written
+		if (!theConfig.RUN_STANDALONE)
+			theApp->getHashedObjectStore().waitWrite(); // wait until all nodes are written
 
 		{
 			ScopedLock sl(theApp->getLedgerDB()->getDBLock());