diff --git a/rollup/rollup_sync_service/rollup_sync_service.go b/rollup/rollup_sync_service/rollup_sync_service.go
index bfc8bc08ef58..f90aa2695e63 100644
--- a/rollup/rollup_sync_service/rollup_sync_service.go
+++ b/rollup/rollup_sync_service/rollup_sync_service.go
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ func (s *RollupSyncService) fetchRollupEvents() {
 
 	log.Trace("Sync service fetch rollup events", "latest processed block", s.latestProcessedBlock.Load(), "latest confirmed", latestConfirmed)
 
+	latestProcessedBlock := s.latestProcessedBlock.Load()
+	updatedLatestProcessedBlock := latestProcessedBlock
+
 	// query in batches
-	for from := s.latestProcessedBlock.Load() + 1; from <= latestConfirmed; from += defaultFetchBlockRange {
+	for from := latestProcessedBlock + 1; from <= latestConfirmed; from += defaultFetchBlockRange {
 		if s.ctx.Err() != nil {
 			log.Info("Context canceled", "reason", s.ctx.Err())
 			return
@@ -201,8 +204,10 @@ func (s *RollupSyncService) fetchRollupEvents() {
 			return
 		}
 
-		s.latestProcessedBlock.Store(to)
+		updatedLatestProcessedBlock = to
 	}
+
+	s.latestProcessedBlock.CompareAndSwap(latestProcessedBlock, updatedLatestProcessedBlock)
 }
 
 func (s *RollupSyncService) parseAndUpdateRollupEventLogs(logs []types.Log, endBlockNumber uint64) error {
diff --git a/rollup/sync_service/sync_service.go b/rollup/sync_service/sync_service.go
index f32979671211..9fc50d68a9c7 100644
--- a/rollup/sync_service/sync_service.go
+++ b/rollup/sync_service/sync_service.go
@@ -164,7 +164,10 @@ func (s *SyncService) fetchMessages() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Trace("Sync service fetchMessages", "latestProcessedBlock", s.latestProcessedBlock.Load(), "latestConfirmed", latestConfirmed)
+	latestProcessedBlock := s.latestProcessedBlock.Load()
+	updatedLatestProcessedBlock := latestProcessedBlock
+
+	log.Trace("Sync service fetchMessages", "latestProcessedBlock", latestProcessedBlock, "latestConfirmed", latestConfirmed)
 
 	// keep track of next queue index we're expecting to see
 	queueIndex := rawdb.ReadHighestSyncedQueueIndex(s.db)
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ func (s *SyncService) fetchMessages() {
 			numMessagesPendingDbWrite = 0
 		}
 
-		s.latestProcessedBlock.Store(lastBlock)
+		updatedLatestProcessedBlock = lastBlock
 	}
 
 	// ticker for logging progress
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ func (s *SyncService) fetchMessages() {
 	numMsgsCollected := 0
 
 	// query in batches
-	for from := s.latestProcessedBlock.Load() + 1; from <= latestConfirmed; from += DefaultFetchBlockRange {
+	for from := updatedLatestProcessedBlock + 1; from <= latestConfirmed; from += DefaultFetchBlockRange {
 		select {
 		case <-s.ctx.Done():
 			// flush pending writes to database
@@ -211,8 +214,8 @@ func (s *SyncService) fetchMessages() {
 			}
 			return
 		case <-t.C:
-			progress := 100 * float64(s.latestProcessedBlock.Load()) / float64(latestConfirmed)
-			log.Info("Syncing L1 messages", "processed", s.latestProcessedBlock.Load(), "confirmed", latestConfirmed, "collected", numMsgsCollected, "progress(%)", progress)
+			progress := 100 * float64(updatedLatestProcessedBlock) / float64(latestConfirmed)
+			log.Info("Syncing L1 messages", "processed", updatedLatestProcessedBlock, "confirmed", latestConfirmed, "collected", numMsgsCollected, "progress(%)", progress)
 		default:
 		}
 
@@ -256,4 +259,6 @@ func (s *SyncService) fetchMessages() {
 			flush(to)
 		}
 	}
+
+	s.latestProcessedBlock.CompareAndSwap(latestProcessedBlock, updatedLatestProcessedBlock)
 }