diff --git a/mvcc/kvstore_bench_test.go b/mvcc/kvstore_bench_test.go
index 547a5d91e..b0db47f11 100644
--- a/mvcc/kvstore_bench_test.go
+++ b/mvcc/kvstore_bench_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ func BenchmarkStoreTxnPut(b *testing.B) {
 	vals := createBytesSlice(bytesN, b.N)
 
 	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.ReportAllocs()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		txn := s.Write()
 		txn.Put(keys[i], vals[i], lease.NoLease)
diff --git a/mvcc/kvstore_txn.go b/mvcc/kvstore_txn.go
index 1e6147551..ae8d37238 100644
--- a/mvcc/kvstore_txn.go
+++ b/mvcc/kvstore_txn.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (tr *storeTxnRead) End() {
 }
 
 type storeTxnWrite struct {
-	*storeTxnRead
+	storeTxnRead
 	tx backend.BatchTx
 	// beginRev is the revision where the txn begins; it will write to the next revision.
 	beginRev int64
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (s *store) Write() TxnWrite {
 	tx := s.b.BatchTx()
 	tx.Lock()
 	tw := &storeTxnWrite{
-		storeTxnRead: &storeTxnRead{s, tx, 0, 0},
+		storeTxnRead: storeTxnRead{s, tx, 0, 0},
 		tx:           tx,
 		beginRev:     s.currentRev,
 		changes:      make([]mvccpb.KeyValue, 0, 4),