diff --git a/ingester2/benches/wal.rs b/ingester2/benches/wal.rs
index b72ab786b3..5d197b78d9 100644
--- a/ingester2/benches/wal.rs
+++ b/ingester2/benches/wal.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl DmlSink for NopSink {
     }
 }
 
-impl ingester2::wal::benches::PartitionIter for NopSink {
+impl ingester2::partition_iter::PartitionIter for NopSink {
     fn partition_iter(
         &self,
     ) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = std::sync::Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send> {
diff --git a/ingester2/src/buffer_tree/root.rs b/ingester2/src/buffer_tree/root.rs
index b4f5177977..9373add813 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/buffer_tree/root.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/buffer_tree/root.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use super::{
 use crate::{
     arcmap::ArcMap,
     dml_sink::DmlSink,
+    partition_iter::PartitionIter,
     query::{response::QueryResponse, tracing::QueryExecTracing, QueryError, QueryExec},
 };
 
@@ -214,6 +215,15 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<O> PartitionIter for crate::buffer_tree::BufferTree<O>
+where
+    O: Send + Sync + Debug + 'static,
+{
+    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send> {
+        Box::new(self.partitions())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
diff --git a/ingester2/src/init/wal_replay.rs b/ingester2/src/init/wal_replay.rs
index 23076d783d..292e77171e 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/init/wal_replay.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/init/wal_replay.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use wal::{SequencedWalOp, Wal};
 
 use crate::{
     dml_sink::{DmlError, DmlSink},
+    partition_iter::PartitionIter,
     persist::{drain_buffer::persist_partitions, queue::PersistQueue},
-    wal::rotate_task::PartitionIter,
     TRANSITION_SHARD_INDEX,
 };
 
diff --git a/ingester2/src/lib.rs b/ingester2/src/lib.rs
index c349c0acfd..0fd242307a 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/lib.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ maybe_pub!(mod buffer_tree);
 mod deferred_load;
 maybe_pub!(mod dml_sink);
 maybe_pub!(mod persist);
+maybe_pub!(mod partition_iter);
 mod query;
 mod query_adaptor;
 pub(crate) mod server;
diff --git a/ingester2/src/partition_iter.rs b/ingester2/src/partition_iter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2944795770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingester2/src/partition_iter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use std::{fmt::Debug, sync::Arc};
+
+use crate::buffer_tree::partition::PartitionData;
+
+/// An abstraction over any type that can yield an iterator of (potentially
+/// empty) [`PartitionData`].
+pub trait PartitionIter: Send + Debug {
+    /// Return the set of partitions in `self`.
+    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send>;
+}
+
+impl<T> PartitionIter for Arc<T>
+where
+    T: PartitionIter + Send + Sync,
+{
+    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send> {
+        (**self).partition_iter()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ingester2/src/wal/mod.rs b/ingester2/src/wal/mod.rs
index bc09dd28f8..343f6c0a76 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/wal/mod.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/wal/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@
 pub(crate) mod rotate_task;
 mod traits;
 pub(crate) mod wal_sink;
-
-maybe_pub! {
-    pub use super::rotate_task::*;
-}
diff --git a/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs b/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
index 19f7d67489..bae8853f1c 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
@@ -1,37 +1,11 @@
 use observability_deps::tracing::*;
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
-use std::{fmt::Debug, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::{
-    buffer_tree::partition::PartitionData,
+    partition_iter::PartitionIter,
     persist::{drain_buffer::persist_partitions, queue::PersistQueue},
 };
 
-/// An abstraction over any type that can yield an iterator of (potentially
-/// empty) [`PartitionData`].
-pub trait PartitionIter: Send + Debug {
-    /// Return the set of partitions in `self`.
-    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send>;
-}
-
-impl<T> PartitionIter for Arc<T>
-where
-    T: PartitionIter + Send + Sync,
-{
-    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send> {
-        (**self).partition_iter()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<O> PartitionIter for crate::buffer_tree::BufferTree<O>
-where
-    O: Send + Sync + Debug + 'static,
-{
-    fn partition_iter(&self) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>> + Send> {
-        Box::new(self.partitions())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Rotate the `wal` segment file every `period` duration of time.
 pub(crate) async fn periodic_rotation<T, P>(
     wal: Arc<wal::Wal>,