diff --git a/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs b/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
index 99cae3b53d648f..d8492992db97a4 100644
--- a/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
+++ b/core/src/banking_stage/transaction_scheduler/scheduler_controller.rs
@@ -512,9 +512,7 @@ impl<T: LikeClusterInfo> SchedulerController<T> {
             (root_bank, working_bank)
         };
         let alt_resolved_slot = root_bank.slot();
-        let last_slot_in_epoch = root_bank
-            .epoch_schedule()
-            .get_last_slot_in_epoch(root_bank.epoch());
+        let sanitized_epoch = root_bank.epoch();
         let transaction_account_lock_limit = working_bank.get_transaction_account_lock_limit();
         let vote_only = working_bank.vote_only_bank();
 
@@ -559,7 +557,7 @@ impl<T: LikeClusterInfo> SchedulerController<T> {
                     arc_packets.push(packet);
                     transactions.push(tx);
                     max_ages.push(calculate_max_age(
-                        last_slot_in_epoch,
+                        sanitized_epoch,
                         deactivation_slot,
                         alt_resolved_slot,
                     ));
@@ -701,10 +699,14 @@ impl<T: LikeClusterInfo> SchedulerController<T> {
 /// slots, the value used here is the lower-bound on the deactivation
 /// period, i.e. the transaction's address lookups are valid until
 /// AT LEAST this slot.
-fn calculate_max_age(resolved_epoch: Epoch, deactivation_slot: Slot, current_slot: Slot) -> MaxAge {
+fn calculate_max_age(
+    sanitized_epoch: Epoch,
+    deactivation_slot: Slot,
+    current_slot: Slot,
+) -> MaxAge {
     let alt_min_expire_slot = estimate_last_valid_slot(deactivation_slot.min(current_slot));
     MaxAge {
-        sanitized_epoch: resolved_epoch,
+        sanitized_epoch,
         alt_invalidation_slot: alt_min_expire_slot,
     }
 }
@@ -1216,11 +1218,11 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_calculate_max_age() {
         let current_slot = 100;
-        let resolved_epoch = 10;
+        let sanitized_epoch = 10;
 
         // ALT deactivation slot is delayed
         assert_eq!(
-            calculate_max_age(resolved_epoch, current_slot - 1, current_slot),
+            calculate_max_age(sanitized_epoch, current_slot - 1, current_slot),
             MaxAge {
                 sanitized_epoch,
                 alt_invalidation_slot: current_slot - 1
@@ -1230,7 +1232,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // no deactivation slot
         assert_eq!(
-            calculate_max_age(resolved_epoch, u64::MAX, current_slot),
+            calculate_max_age(sanitized_epoch, u64::MAX, current_slot),
             MaxAge {
                 sanitized_epoch,
                 alt_invalidation_slot: current_slot + solana_sdk::slot_hashes::get_entries() as u64,