diff --git a/db/view/view.cc b/db/view/view.cc
index 748c76bcf1..7693d3872c 100644
--- a/db/view/view.cc
+++ b/db/view/view.cc
@@ -1685,6 +1685,13 @@ static bool should_update_synchronously(const schema& s) {
     return *tag_opt == "true";
 }
 
+size_t memory_usage_of(const frozen_mutation_and_schema& mut) {
+    // Overhead of sending a view mutation, in terms of data structures used by the storage_proxy, as well as possible background tasks
+    // allocated for a remote view update.
+    constexpr size_t base_overhead_bytes = 2288;
+    return base_overhead_bytes + mut.fm.representation().size();
+}
+
 // Take the view mutations generated by generate_view_updates(), which pertain
 // to a modification of a single base partition, and apply them to the
 // appropriate paired replicas. This is done asynchronously - we do not wait
@@ -1716,7 +1723,7 @@ future<> view_update_generator::mutate_MV(
         bool use_legacy_self_pairing = !ks.uses_tablets();
         auto target_endpoint = get_view_natural_endpoint(base_ermp, view_ermp, network_topology, base_token, view_token, use_legacy_self_pairing);
         auto remote_endpoints = view_ermp->get_pending_endpoints(view_token);
-        auto sem_units = pending_view_updates.split(mut.fm.representation().size());
+        auto sem_units = pending_view_updates.split(memory_usage_of(mut));
 
         const bool update_synchronously = should_update_synchronously(*mut.s);
         if (update_synchronously) {
diff --git a/db/view/view.hh b/db/view/view.hh
index 2465aa96c5..d852dac088 100644
--- a/db/view/view.hh
+++ b/db/view/view.hh
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ future<query::clustering_row_ranges> calculate_affected_clustering_ranges(
 
 bool needs_static_row(const mutation_partition& mp, const std::vector<view_and_base>& views);
 
+size_t memory_usage_of(const frozen_mutation_and_schema& mut);
+
 /**
  * create_virtual_column() adds a "virtual column" to a schema builder.
  * The definition of a "virtual column" is based on the given definition
diff --git a/replica/table.cc b/replica/table.cc
index 591eb5d4f2..f59b891ec3 100644
--- a/replica/table.cc
+++ b/replica/table.cc
@@ -2598,12 +2598,9 @@ std::vector<view_ptr> table::affected_views(shared_ptr<db::view::view_update_gen
 }
 
 static size_t memory_usage_of(const utils::chunked_vector<frozen_mutation_and_schema>& ms) {
-    // Overhead of sending a view mutation, in terms of data structures used by the storage_proxy, as well as possible background tasks
-    // allocated for a remote view update.
-    constexpr size_t base_overhead_bytes = 2288;
     return boost::accumulate(ms | boost::adaptors::transformed([] (const frozen_mutation_and_schema& m) {
-        return m.fm.representation().size();
-    }), size_t{base_overhead_bytes * ms.size()});
+        return db::view::memory_usage_of(m);
+    }), 0);
 }
 
 /**