diff --git a/pkg/api/pin.go b/pkg/api/pin.go
index 696f5185150..f6c2a52fb1b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pin.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pin.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/file/redundancy"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/jsonhttp"
+	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/replicas"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storer"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/swarm"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *Service) pinRootHash(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	getter := s.storer.Download(true)
+	getter := replicas.NewGetter(s.storer.Download(true), redundancy.DefaultLevel)
 	traverser := traversal.New(getter, s.storer.Cache(), redundancy.DefaultLevel)
 
 	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(100)