diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/raftstorebench/bench.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/raftstorebench/bench.go
index 0bbff01d9509..144d6ab6c0fa 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/raftstorebench/bench.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/raftstorebench/bench.go
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ func Run(t T, cfg Config) Result {
 
 	q := makeReplicaQueue(cfg.NumReplicas)
 
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	s := newAggStats()
 
-	statsCtx, stopStats := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer stopStats()
-	go statsLoop(t, statsCtx, cfg, s, raftEng, smEng)
+	statsCtx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancelCtx()
+	var bgWG sync.WaitGroup
+	bgWG.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer bgWG.Done()
+		statsLoop(t, statsCtx, cfg, s, raftEng, smEng)
+	}()
 
 	o := writeOptions{
 		cfg: cfg, smEng: smEng, raftEng: raftEng,
@@ -41,13 +45,15 @@ func Run(t T, cfg Config) Result {
 	}
 	var durabilityCallbackCount atomic.Int64
 	tStartWorkers := timeutil.Now()
+
+	var workerWG sync.WaitGroup
 	for i := 0; i < cfg.NumWorkers; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
+		workerWG.Add(1)
 		w := &worker{
 			t: t, s: s, o: o, rng: rand.New(rand.NewSource(int64(i))),
 			durabilityCallbackCount: &durabilityCallbackCount,
 		}
-		go w.run(t, q, &wg)
+		go w.run(t, q, &workerWG)
 	}
 	logf(t, "started workers")
 
@@ -63,7 +69,9 @@ func Run(t T, cfg Config) Result {
 		var bytesFlushed uint64
 		var n int
 		notifyCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+		bgWG.Add(1)
 		go func() {
+			defer bgWG.Done()
 			for {
 				select {
 				case <-statsCtx.Done():
@@ -87,8 +95,9 @@ func Run(t T, cfg Config) Result {
 		})
 	}
 
-	wg.Wait()
-	stopStats()
+	workerWG.Wait()
+	cancelCtx()
+	bgWG.Wait() // make sure all goroutines are stopped by time engine closes
 	duration := timeutil.Since(tStartWorkers)
 	logf(t, "done working")