diff --git a/tsdb/compact_test.go b/tsdb/compact_test.go
index 271a2365e..d158ec083 100644
--- a/tsdb/compact_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/compact_test.go
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func BenchmarkCompactionFromHead(b *testing.B) {
 			h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, nil, 1000, chunkDir, nil, DefaultStripeSize, nil)
 			testutil.Ok(b, err)
 			for ln := 0; ln < labelNames; ln++ {
-				app := h.Appender()
+				app := h.Appender(context.Background())
 				for lv := 0; lv < labelValues; lv++ {
 					app.Add(labels.FromStrings(fmt.Sprintf("%d", ln), fmt.Sprintf("%d%s%d", lv, postingsBenchSuffix, ln)), 0, 0)
 				}
diff --git a/tsdb/querier_bench_test.go b/tsdb/querier_bench_test.go
index e4eca1c55..212b67372 100644
--- a/tsdb/querier_bench_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/querier_bench_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package tsdb
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func BenchmarkPostingsForMatchers(b *testing.B) {
 		testutil.Ok(b, h.Close())
 	}()
 
-	app := h.Appender()
+	app := h.Appender(context.Background())
 	addSeries := func(l labels.Labels) {
 		app.Add(l, 0, 0)
 	}
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func BenchmarkQuerierSelect(b *testing.B) {
 	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, nil, 1000, chunkDir, nil, DefaultStripeSize, nil)
 	testutil.Ok(b, err)
 	defer h.Close()
-	app := h.Appender()
+	app := h.Appender(context.Background())
 	numSeries := 1000000
 	for i := 0; i < numSeries; i++ {
 		app.Add(labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar", "i", fmt.Sprintf("%d%s", i, postingsBenchSuffix)), int64(i), 0)
diff --git a/tsdb/querier_test.go b/tsdb/querier_test.go
index 743255eb1..da11d399c 100644
--- a/tsdb/querier_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/querier_test.go
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ func TestPostingsForMatchers(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.Ok(t, h.Close())
 	}()
 
-	app := h.Appender()
+	app := h.Appender(context.Background())
 	app.Add(labels.FromStrings("n", "1"), 0, 0)
 	app.Add(labels.FromStrings("n", "1", "i", "a"), 0, 0)
 	app.Add(labels.FromStrings("n", "1", "i", "b"), 0, 0)