diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/state_lru_cache.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/state_lru_cache.rs
index 2b70f843f62..f8a243bd9e8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/state_lru_cache.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/state_lru_cache.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub struct DietAvailabilityPendingExecutedBlock<E: EthSpec> {
     parent_block: SignedBeaconBlock<E, BlindedPayload<E>>,
     parent_eth1_finalization_data: Eth1FinalizationData,
     confirmed_state_roots: Vec<Hash256>,
-    consensus_context: OnDiskConsensusContext,
+    consensus_context: OnDiskConsensusContext<E>,
     payload_verification_outcome: PayloadVerificationOutcome,
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> StateLRUCache<T> {
             parent_eth1_finalization_data: executed_block.import_data.parent_eth1_finalization_data,
             confirmed_state_roots: executed_block.import_data.confirmed_state_roots,
             consensus_context: OnDiskConsensusContext::from_consensus_context(
-                &executed_block.import_data.consensus_context,
+                executed_block.import_data.consensus_context,
             ),
             payload_verification_outcome: executed_block.payload_verification_outcome,
         }
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> From<AvailabilityPendingExecutedBlock<E>>
             parent_eth1_finalization_data: value.import_data.parent_eth1_finalization_data,
             confirmed_state_roots: value.import_data.confirmed_state_roots,
             consensus_context: OnDiskConsensusContext::from_consensus_context(
-                &value.import_data.consensus_context,
+                value.import_data.consensus_context,
             ),
             payload_verification_outcome: value.payload_verification_outcome,
         }
diff --git a/beacon_node/store/src/consensus_context.rs b/beacon_node/store/src/consensus_context.rs
index 0dd6635bd6e..08fad17b14b 100644
--- a/beacon_node/store/src/consensus_context.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/store/src/consensus_context.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use ssz_derive::{Decode, Encode};
 use state_processing::ConsensusContext;
-use types::{EthSpec, Hash256, Slot};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use types::{AttestationData, BitList, EthSpec, Hash256, IndexedAttestation, Slot};
 
 /// The consensus context is stored on disk as part of the data availability overflow cache.
 ///
@@ -8,39 +9,48 @@ use types::{EthSpec, Hash256, Slot};
 /// in-memory `ConsensusContext`. You MUST NOT change the fields of this struct without
 /// superstructing it and implementing a schema migration.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Encode, Decode)]
-pub struct OnDiskConsensusContext {
+pub struct OnDiskConsensusContext<E: EthSpec> {
     /// Slot to act as an identifier/safeguard
     slot: Slot,
     /// Proposer index of the block at `slot`.
     proposer_index: Option<u64>,
     /// Block root of the block at `slot`.
     current_block_root: Option<Hash256>,
+    /// We keep the indexed attestations in the *in-memory* version of this struct so that we don't
+    /// need to regenerate them if roundtripping via this type *without* going to disk.
+    ///
+    /// They are not part of the on-disk format.
+    #[ssz(skip_serializing, skip_deserializing)]
+    indexed_attestations:
+        HashMap<(AttestationData, BitList<E::MaxValidatorsPerCommittee>), IndexedAttestation<E>>,
 }
 
-impl OnDiskConsensusContext {
-    pub fn from_consensus_context<E: EthSpec>(ctxt: &ConsensusContext<E>) -> Self {
+impl<E: EthSpec> OnDiskConsensusContext<E> {
+    pub fn from_consensus_context(ctxt: ConsensusContext<E>) -> Self {
         // Match exhaustively on fields here so we are forced to *consider* updating the on-disk
         // format when the `ConsensusContext` fields change.
-        let &ConsensusContext {
+        let ConsensusContext {
             slot,
             previous_epoch: _,
             current_epoch: _,
             proposer_index,
             current_block_root,
-            indexed_attestations: _,
+            indexed_attestations,
         } = ctxt;
         OnDiskConsensusContext {
             slot,
             proposer_index,
             current_block_root,
+            indexed_attestations,
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn into_consensus_context<E: EthSpec>(self) -> ConsensusContext<E> {
+    pub fn into_consensus_context(self) -> ConsensusContext<E> {
         let OnDiskConsensusContext {
             slot,
             proposer_index,
             current_block_root,
+            indexed_attestations,
         } = self;
 
         let mut ctxt = ConsensusContext::new(slot);
@@ -51,6 +61,6 @@ impl OnDiskConsensusContext {
         if let Some(block_root) = current_block_root {
             ctxt = ctxt.set_current_block_root(block_root);
         }
-        ctxt
+        ctxt.set_indexed_attestations(indexed_attestations)
     }
 }
diff --git a/consensus/state_processing/src/consensus_context.rs b/consensus/state_processing/src/consensus_context.rs
index 68659e367f0..073d87be85b 100644
--- a/consensus/state_processing/src/consensus_context.rs
+++ b/consensus/state_processing/src/consensus_context.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> ConsensusContext<E> {
         }
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn set_proposer_index(mut self, proposer_index: u64) -> Self {
         self.proposer_index = Some(proposer_index);
         self
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> ConsensusContext<E> {
         Ok(proposer_index)
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn set_current_block_root(mut self, block_root: Hash256) -> Self {
         self.current_block_root = Some(block_root);
         self
@@ -171,4 +173,16 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> ConsensusContext<E> {
     pub fn num_cached_indexed_attestations(&self) -> usize {
         self.indexed_attestations.len()
     }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn set_indexed_attestations(
+        mut self,
+        attestations: HashMap<
+            (AttestationData, BitList<E::MaxValidatorsPerCommittee>),
+            IndexedAttestation<E>,
+        >,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.indexed_attestations = attestations;
+        self
+    }
 }