diff --git a/db/schema_tables.cc b/db/schema_tables.cc
index dc9fc8a82f..b76a7ded6f 100644
--- a/db/schema_tables.cc
+++ b/db/schema_tables.cc
@@ -2347,15 +2347,15 @@ future<schema_ptr> create_table_from_name(distributed<service::storage_proxy>& p
  */
 future<std::map<sstring, schema_ptr>> create_tables_from_tables_partition(distributed<service::storage_proxy>& proxy, const schema_result::mapped_type& result)
 {
-    auto tables = make_lw_shared<std::map<sstring, schema_ptr>>();
+    auto tables = std::map<sstring, schema_ptr>();
     co_await parallel_for_each(result->rows().begin(), result->rows().end(), [&] (const query::result_set_row& row) -> future<> {
         schema_ptr cfm = co_await create_table_from_table_row(proxy, row);
         {
-            tables->emplace(cfm->cf_name(), std::move(cfm));
+            tables.emplace(cfm->cf_name(), std::move(cfm));
         }
     });
     {
-        co_return std::move(*tables);
+        co_return std::move(tables);
     }
 }