diff --git a/server/lease/lessor.go b/server/lease/lessor.go
index d1599d60ebc..78ed1472edd 100644
--- a/server/lease/lessor.go
+++ b/server/lease/lessor.go
@@ -646,10 +646,10 @@ func (le *lessor) revokeExpiredLeases() {
 // checkpointScheduledLeases finds all scheduled lease checkpoints that are due and
 // submits them to the checkpointer to persist them to the consensus log.
 func (le *lessor) checkpointScheduledLeases() {
-	var cps []*pb.LeaseCheckpoint
-
 	// rate limit
 	for i := 0; i < leaseCheckpointRate/2; i++ {
+		var cps []*pb.LeaseCheckpoint
+
 		le.mu.Lock()
 		if le.isPrimary() {
 			cps = le.findDueScheduledCheckpoints(maxLeaseCheckpointBatchSize)