diff --git a/immutable_tree.go b/immutable_tree.go
index 54ccdf991..18a9929fc 100644
--- a/immutable_tree.go
+++ b/immutable_tree.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (t *ImmutableTree) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 			// If the tree is of the latest version and fast node is not in the tree
 			// then the regular node is not in the tree either because fast node
 			// represents live state.
-			if t.version == t.ndb.latestVersion {
+			if t.version == t.ndb.safeGetLatestVersion() {
 				return nil, nil
 			}
 
diff --git a/nodedb.go b/nodedb.go
index 829c5697d..fec69df6c 100644
--- a/nodedb.go
+++ b/nodedb.go
@@ -797,6 +797,15 @@ func (ndb *nodeDB) resetLegacyLatestVersion(version int64) {
 	ndb.legacyLatestVersion = version
 }
 
+// safeGetLatestVersion returns the value of ndb.latestVersion directly
+// without additional logic performed by getLatestVersion.
+func (ndb *nodeDB) safeGetLatestVersion() int64 {
+	ndb.mtx.Lock()
+	defer ndb.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	return ndb.latestVersion
+}
+
 func (ndb *nodeDB) getLatestVersion() (int64, error) {
 	ndb.mtx.Lock()
 	latestVersion := ndb.latestVersion