diff --git a/go/teams/service_helper.go b/go/teams/service_helper.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/go/teams/service_helper.go
+++ b/go/teams/service_helper.go
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ func apiArg(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) libkb.APIArg {
 
 func GetRootID(ctx context.Context, g *libkb.GlobalContext, id keybase1.TeamID) (keybase1.TeamID, error) {
 	team, err := g.GetTeamLoader().Load(ctx, keybase1.LoadTeamArg{
-		ID: id,
+		ID:      id,
+		StaleOK: true,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
Use StaleOK, team ids are immutable