diff --git a/extern/sector-storage/manager.go b/extern/sector-storage/manager.go
index ecabf0398..90edb3865 100644
--- a/extern/sector-storage/manager.go
+++ b/extern/sector-storage/manager.go
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ReplicaUpdate(ctx context.Context, sector storage.SectorRef, p
 
 	selector := newAllocSelector(m.index, storiface.FTUpdate|storiface.FTUpdateCache, storiface.PathSealing)
 
-	err = m.sched.Schedule(ctx, sector, sealtasks.TTReplicaUpdate, selector, m.schedFetch(sector, storiface.FTSealed, storiface.PathSealing, storiface.AcquireCopy), func(ctx context.Context, w Worker) error {
+	err = m.sched.Schedule(ctx, sector, sealtasks.TTReplicaUpdate, selector, m.schedFetch(sector, storiface.FTSealed|storiface.FTCache, storiface.PathSealing, storiface.AcquireCopy), func(ctx context.Context, w Worker) error {
 		log.Errorf("scheduled work for replica update")
 		err := m.startWork(ctx, w, wk)(w.ReplicaUpdate(ctx, sector, pieces))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -768,9 +768,12 @@ func (m *Manager) ProveReplicaUpdate1(ctx context.Context, sector storage.Sector
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("acquiring sector lock: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	selector := newExistingSelector(m.index, sector.ID, storiface.FTUpdate|storiface.FTUpdateCache|storiface.FTSealed|storiface.FTCache, true)
+	// NOTE: We set allowFetch to false in so that we always execute on a worker
+	// with direct access to the data. We want to do that because this step is
+	// generally very cheap / fast, and transferring data is not worth the effort
+	selector := newExistingSelector(m.index, sector.ID, storiface.FTUpdate|storiface.FTUpdateCache|storiface.FTSealed|storiface.FTCache, false)
 
-	err = m.sched.Schedule(ctx, sector, sealtasks.TTProveReplicaUpdate1, selector, m.schedFetch(sector, storiface.FTSealed, storiface.PathSealing, storiface.AcquireCopy), func(ctx context.Context, w Worker) error {
+	err = m.sched.Schedule(ctx, sector, sealtasks.TTProveReplicaUpdate1, selector, m.schedFetch(sector, storiface.FTSealed|storiface.FTCache|storiface.FTUpdate|storiface.FTUpdateCache, storiface.PathSealing, storiface.AcquireCopy), func(ctx context.Context, w Worker) error {
 
 		err := m.startWork(ctx, w, wk)(w.ProveReplicaUpdate1(ctx, sector, sectorKey, newSealed, newUnsealed))
 		if err != nil {