diff --git a/src/adapter/src/coord.rs b/src/adapter/src/coord.rs
index c628256ad8bde..9f9febf70b280 100644
--- a/src/adapter/src/coord.rs
+++ b/src/adapter/src/coord.rs
@@ -1962,18 +1962,18 @@ impl Coordinator {
                 () = self.controller.ready() => {
                     Message::ControllerReady
                 }
-                // See [`appends::GroupCommitWaiter`] for notes on why this is cancel safe.
-                permit = group_commit_rx.ready() => {
-                    let span = info_span!(parent: None, "group_commit_notify");
-                    span.follows_from(Span::current());
-                    Message::GroupCommitInitiate(span, Some(permit))
-                },
                 // `recv()` on `UnboundedReceiver` is cancellation safe:
                 // https://docs.rs/tokio/1.8.0/tokio/sync/mpsc/struct.UnboundedReceiver.html#cancel-safety
                 m = cmd_rx.recv() => match m {
                     None => break,
                     Some(m) => Message::Command(m),
                 },
+                // See [`appends::GroupCommitWaiter`] for notes on why this is cancel safe.
+                permit = group_commit_rx.ready() => {
+                    let span = info_span!(parent: None, "group_commit_notify");
+                    span.follows_from(Span::current());
+                    Message::GroupCommitInitiate(span, Some(permit))
+                },
                 // `recv()` on `UnboundedReceiver` is cancellation safe:
                 // https://docs.rs/tokio/1.8.0/tokio/sync/mpsc/struct.UnboundedReceiver.html#cancel-safety
                 Some(pending_peek) = linearized_reads_ts_rx.recv() => {
diff --git a/src/adapter/src/coord/appends.rs b/src/adapter/src/coord/appends.rs
index 84c11b6baaa93..c6585a489668c 100644
--- a/src/adapter/src/coord/appends.rs
+++ b/src/adapter/src/coord/appends.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ impl Coordinator {
         write_lock_guard: Option<tokio::sync::OwnedMutexGuard<()>>,
         permit: Option<GroupCommitPermit>,
     ) {
+        drop(permit);
+
         let (write_lock_guard, pending_writes): (_, Vec<_>) = if let Some(guard) = write_lock_guard
         {
             // If the caller passed in the write lock, then we can execute a group commit.
@@ -371,8 +373,14 @@ impl Coordinator {
                 .await
                 .expect("One-shot dropped while waiting synchronously")
                 .unwrap_or_terminate("cannot fail to apply appends");
-            self.group_commit_apply(timestamp, responses, write_lock_guard, notifies, permit)
-                .await;
+            self.group_commit_apply(
+                timestamp,
+                responses,
+                write_lock_guard,
+                notifies,
+                None, /* no permit */
+            )
+            .await;
         } else {
             debug!("async group_commit_apply");
             let internal_cmd_tx = self.internal_cmd_tx.clone();
@@ -386,7 +394,7 @@ impl Coordinator {
                             responses,
                             write_lock_guard,
                             notifies,
-                            permit,
+                            None, /* no permit */
                             Span::current(),
                         )) {
                             warn!("Server closed with non-responded writes, {e}");