diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
index 65159e68812..76d177b979e 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
@@ -1003,6 +1003,9 @@ func PrintVTOrcLogsOnFailure(t *testing.T, clusterInstance *cluster.LocalProcess
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
index c94970c559d..5dcdc7a7807 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func initializeInstanceDao() {
 	forgetAliases = cache.New(time.Duration(config.Config.InstancePollSeconds*3)*time.Second, time.Second)
 	cacheInitializationCompleted.Store(true)
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diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
index ae497a65fb6..c58b9e375d5 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
@@ -652,6 +652,9 @@ func waitForCacheInitialization() {
 	}
 }
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