diff --git a/validator/sawtooth_validator/database/lmdb_nolock_database.py b/validator/sawtooth_validator/database/lmdb_nolock_database.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/validator/sawtooth_validator/database/lmdb_nolock_database.py
+++ b/validator/sawtooth_validator/database/lmdb_nolock_database.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class LMDBNoLockDatabase(database.Database):
                                       map_size=1024**4,
                                       map_async=True,
                                       writemap=True,
+                                      readahead=False,
                                       subdir=False,
                                       create=create,
                                       lock=True)
Disable LMDB read ahead caching for LMDBNoLockDatabase