diff --git a/server/src/event.rs b/server/src/event.rs
index b8b4672b6..3b06ca4e4 100644
--- a/server/src/event.rs
+++ b/server/src/event.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl Event {
     // schema is then enforced on rest of the events sent to this log stream.
     fn process_first_event<S: ObjectStorage, R: std::io::Read>(
         &self,
-        mut event: json::Reader<R>,
+        event: json::Reader<R>,
         schema: Schema,
     ) -> Result<(), EventError> {
         // note for functions _schema_with_map and _set_schema_with_map,
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ impl Event {
 
             // Store record batch on local cache
             log::info!("creating local writer for this first event");
-            let rb = event.next()?.ok_or(EventError::MissingRecord)?;
-            STREAM_WRITERS::append_to_local(stream_name, &rb)?;
+            self.process_event(event)?;
 
             log::info!("schema is set in memory map for logstream {}", stream_name);
             _set_schema_with_map(stream_name, schema.clone(), &mut stream_metadata);
@@ -298,10 +297,7 @@ impl Event {
         mut event: json::Reader<R>,
     ) -> Result<(), EventError> {
         let rb = event.next()?.ok_or(EventError::MissingRecord)?;
-        let stream_name = &self.stream_name;
-
-        STREAM_WRITERS::append_to_local(stream_name, &rb)?;
-
+        STREAM_WRITERS::append_to_local(&self.stream_name, &rb)?;
         Ok(())
     }