diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge.go
index d18974c69d..77ffdf0a6f 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/merge/merge.go
@@ -444,14 +444,19 @@ func mergeTableData(ctx context.Context, vrw types.ValueReadWriter, tblName stri
 		return nil
 	})
 
+	var conflicts types.Map
+	eg.Go(func() error {
+		var err error
+		// |sm|'s errgroup is a child of |eg|
+		// so we must wait here, before |eg| finishes
+		conflicts, err = sm.Wait()
+		return err
+	})
+
 	if err := eg.Wait(); err != nil {
 		return nil, types.EmptyMap, nil, err
 	}
 
-	conflicts, err := sm.Wait()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, types.EmptyMap, nil, err
-	}
 	newRoot, err := sess.Flush(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, types.EmptyMap, nil, err
diff --git a/go/store/types/map.go b/go/store/types/map.go
index f6b623a6f3..65c2587913 100644
--- a/go/store/types/map.go
+++ b/go/store/types/map.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func NewMap(ctx context.Context, vrw ValueReadWriter, kv ...Value) (Map, error)
 func NewStreamingMap(ctx context.Context, vrw ValueReadWriter, kvs <-chan Value) *StreamingMap {
 	d.PanicIfTrue(vrw == nil)
 	sm := &StreamingMap{}
-	sm.eg, sm.egCtx = errgroup.WithContext(context.TODO())
+	sm.eg, sm.egCtx = errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	sm.eg.Go(func() error {
 		m, err := readMapInput(sm.egCtx, vrw, kvs)
 		sm.m = m