diff --git a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/ddbstate.h b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/ddbstate.h
index 5961ac4da627..20c0799c2439 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/ddbstate.h
+++ b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/ddbstate.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class DDBState
     static std::vector<vespalib::string> _stateNames;
     static std::vector<vespalib::string> _configStateNames;
 
-    void set_state(State state) noexcept { _state.store(state, std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+    void set_state(State state) noexcept { _state.store(state, std::memory_order_release); }
 
 public:
     DDBState();
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class DDBState
     bool enterOnlineState();
     void enterShutdownState();
     void enterDeadState();
-    State getState() const noexcept { return _state.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+    State getState() const noexcept { return _state.load(std::memory_order_acquire); }
     static vespalib::string getStateString(State state);
     
     bool getClosed() const noexcept {
diff --git a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.cpp b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.cpp
index 27a2db27369c..6cd1a4ec728b 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.cpp
+++ b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ class DocumentDBResourceUsageProvider : public ITransientResourceUsageProvider {
     TransientResourceUsage get_transient_resource_usage() const override {
         // Transient disk usage is measured as the total disk usage of all current fusion indexes.
         // Transient memory usage is measured as the total memory usage of all memory indexes.
+        if (!_doc_db.get_state().get_load_done()) {
+            return {0, 0};
+        }
         auto stats = _doc_db.getReadySubDB()->getSearchableStats();
         return {stats.fusion_size_on_disk(), stats.memoryUsage().allocatedBytes()};
     }
diff --git a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.h b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.h
index ef8851130795..29a25069367b 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.h
+++ b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/server/documentdb.h
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ class DocumentDB : public DocumentDBConfigOwner,
     ExecutorThreadingService & getWriteService() { return _writeService; }
 
     void set_attribute_usage_listener(std::unique_ptr<IAttributeUsageListener> listener);
+    const DDBState& get_state() const noexcept { return _state; }
 };
 
 } // namespace proton