diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index 787491c32181e0..4bd05e3942b8a3 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ShrinkAncientStats {
     pub(crate) many_refs_old_alive: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) slots_eligible_to_shrink: AtomicU64,
     pub(crate) total_dead_bytes: AtomicU64,
+    pub(crate) total_alive_bytes: AtomicU64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs b/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
index 24ec415b792a3f..95d45bfc93d573 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/ancient_append_vecs.rs
@@ -584,11 +584,15 @@ impl AccountsDb {
             }
         }
         let mut total_dead_bytes = 0;
+        let mut total_alive_bytes = 0;
         let should_shrink_count = infos
             .all_infos
             .iter()
             .filter(|info| info.should_shrink)
-            .map(|info| total_dead_bytes += info.capacity.saturating_sub(info.alive_bytes))
+            .map(|info| {
+                total_dead_bytes += info.capacity.saturating_sub(info.alive_bytes);
+                total_alive_bytes += info.alive_bytes;
+            })
             .count()
             .saturating_sub(randoms as usize);
         self.shrink_ancient_stats
@@ -597,6 +601,9 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         self.shrink_ancient_stats
             .total_dead_bytes
             .fetch_add(total_dead_bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.shrink_ancient_stats
+            .total_alive_bytes
+            .fetch_add(total_alive_bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
         if randoms > 0 {
             self.shrink_ancient_stats
                 .random_shrink