diff --git a/chainio/clients/avsregistry/reader.go b/chainio/clients/avsregistry/reader.go
index f508e137..3f13d8f2 100644
--- a/chainio/clients/avsregistry/reader.go
+++ b/chainio/clients/avsregistry/reader.go
@@ -429,7 +429,12 @@ func (r *ChainReader) QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorPubKeys(
 
 	operatorAddresses := make([]types.OperatorAddr, 0)
 	operatorPubkeys := make([]types.OperatorPubkeys, 0)
-	for i := startBlock; i.Cmp(stopBlock) <= 0; i.Add(i, blockRange) {
+	// QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorPubKeys and QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorSockets
+	// both run in parallel and they read and mutate the same variable startBlock,
+	// so we clone it to prevent the race condition.
+	// TODO: we might want to eventually change the function signature to pass a uint,
+	// but that would be a breaking change
+	for i := new(big.Int).Set(startBlock); i.Cmp(stopBlock) <= 0; i.Add(i, blockRange) {
 		// Subtract 1 since FilterQuery is inclusive
 		toBlock := big.NewInt(0).Add(i, big.NewInt(0).Sub(blockRange, big.NewInt(1)))
 		if toBlock.Cmp(stopBlock) > 0 {
@@ -521,7 +526,12 @@ func (r *ChainReader) QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorSockets(
 	}
 
 	operatorIdToSocketMap := make(map[types.OperatorId]types.Socket)
-	for i := startBlock; i.Cmp(stopBlock) <= 0; i.Add(i, blockRange) {
+	// QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorPubKeys and QueryExistingRegisteredOperatorSockets
+	// both run in parallel and they read and mutate the same variable startBlock,
+	// so we clone it to prevent the race condition.
+	// TODO: we might want to eventually change the function signature to pass a uint,
+	// but that would be a breaking change
+	for i := new(big.Int).Set(startBlock); i.Cmp(stopBlock) <= 0; i.Add(i, blockRange) {
 		// Subtract 1 since FilterQuery is inclusive
 		toBlock := big.NewInt(0).Add(i, big.NewInt(0).Sub(blockRange, big.NewInt(1)))
 		if toBlock.Cmp(stopBlock) > 0 {