diff --git a/src/adapter/src/flags.rs b/src/adapter/src/flags.rs
index 15aaaff18c708..28bbb0432bbe2 100644
--- a/src/adapter/src/flags.rs
+++ b/src/adapter/src/flags.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn storage_config(config: &SystemVars) -> StorageParameters {
         enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts: config.enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts(),
         user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration: config
             .user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration(),
-        dyncfg_updates: Some(config.dyncfg_updates()),
+        dyncfg_updates: config.dyncfg_updates(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/storage-controller/src/lib.rs b/src/storage-controller/src/lib.rs
index a1456957f7b6e..2dac1ed8209c7 100644
--- a/src/storage-controller/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/storage-controller/src/lib.rs
@@ -264,9 +264,7 @@ where
     fn update_parameters(&mut self, config_params: StorageParameters) {
         // We serialize the dyncfg updates in StorageParameters, but configure
         // persist separately.
-        if let Some(updates) = &config_params.dyncfg_updates {
-            updates.apply(self.persist.cfg());
-        }
+        config_params.dyncfg_updates.apply(self.persist.cfg());
 
         for client in self.clients.values_mut() {
             client.send(StorageCommand::UpdateConfiguration(config_params.clone()));
diff --git a/src/storage-types/src/configuration.rs b/src/storage-types/src/configuration.rs
index 88e543990d32c..b42d4169cb90d 100644
--- a/src/storage-types/src/configuration.rs
+++ b/src/storage-types/src/configuration.rs
@@ -60,12 +60,10 @@ impl StorageConfiguration {
         &self.config_set
     }
 
-    pub fn update(&mut self, mut parameters: StorageParameters) {
+    pub fn update(&mut self, parameters: StorageParameters) {
         // We serialize the dyncfg updates in StorageParameters, but store the config set
         // top-level. Eventually, all of `StorageParameters` goes away.
-        if let Some(updates) = parameters.dyncfg_updates.take() {
-            updates.apply(&self.config_set);
-        }
+        parameters.dyncfg_updates.apply(&self.config_set);
         self.parameters.update(parameters);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/storage-types/src/parameters.rs b/src/storage-types/src/parameters.rs
index b926ae94bceaf..73258be3a39dd 100644
--- a/src/storage-types/src/parameters.rs
+++ b/src/storage-types/src/parameters.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ pub struct StorageParameters {
     /// Duration that we wait to batch rows for user owned, storage managed, collections.
     pub user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration: Duration,
 
-    /// Updates used to update `StorageConfiguration::config_set`. `None` when
-    /// not being moved over the wire.
-    pub dyncfg_updates: Option<mz_dyncfg::ConfigUpdates>,
+    /// Updates used to update `StorageConfiguration::config_set`.
+    pub dyncfg_updates: mz_dyncfg::ConfigUpdates,
 }
 
 pub const STATISTICS_INTERVAL_DEFAULT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ impl Default for StorageParameters {
             enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts: true,
             user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration:
                 STORAGE_MANAGED_COLLECTIONS_BATCH_DURATION_DEFAULT,
-            dyncfg_updates: None,
+            dyncfg_updates: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ impl StorageParameters {
             pg_snapshot_config,
             enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts,
             user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration,
-            dyncfg_updates: _,
+            dyncfg_updates,
         }: StorageParameters,
     ) {
         self.pg_source_tcp_timeouts = pg_source_tcp_timeouts;
@@ -234,9 +233,7 @@ impl StorageParameters {
         self.enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts = enable_dependency_read_hold_asserts;
         self.user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration =
             user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration;
-
-        // The storage controller and storage state don't need `dyncfg_updates` maintained.
-        self.dyncfg_updates = None;
+        self.dyncfg_updates.extend(dyncfg_updates);
     }
 }
 
@@ -279,7 +276,7 @@ impl RustType<ProtoStorageParameters> for StorageParameters {
                 self.user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration
                     .into_proto(),
             ),
-            dyncfg_updates: self.dyncfg_updates.clone(),
+            dyncfg_updates: Some(self.dyncfg_updates.clone()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -348,7 +345,9 @@ impl RustType<ProtoStorageParameters> for StorageParameters {
                 .into_rust_if_some(
                     "ProtoStorageParameters::user_storage_managed_collections_batch_duration",
                 )?,
-            dyncfg_updates: proto.dyncfg_updates,
+            dyncfg_updates: proto.dyncfg_updates.ok_or_else(|| {
+                TryFromProtoError::missing_field("ProtoStorageParameters::dyncfg_updates")
+            })?,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/src/storage_state.rs b/src/storage/src/storage_state.rs
index 585e7e9d53d4a..23a9b9fa2adc4 100644
--- a/src/storage/src/storage_state.rs
+++ b/src/storage/src/storage_state.rs
@@ -870,6 +870,14 @@ impl<'w, A: Allocate> Worker<'w, A> {
                 self.storage_state
                     .storage_configuration
                     .update(storage_parameters);
+
+                // Clear out the updates as we no longer forward them to anyone else to process.
+                // We clone `StorageState::storage_configuration` many times during rendering
+                // and want to avoid cloning these unused updates.
+                self.storage_state
+                    .storage_configuration
+                    .parameters
+                    .dyncfg_updates = Default::default();
             }
             InternalStorageCommand::StatisticsUpdate { sources, sinks } => self
                 .storage_state
@@ -1202,9 +1210,7 @@ impl StorageState {
 
                 // We serialize the dyncfg updates in StorageParameters, but configure
                 // persist separately.
-                if let Some(updates) = &params.dyncfg_updates {
-                    updates.apply(self.persist_clients.cfg());
-                }
+                params.dyncfg_updates.apply(self.persist_clients.cfg());
 
                 params.tracing.apply(self.tracing_handle.as_ref());