diff --git a/chromadb/db/impl/grpc/server.py b/chromadb/db/impl/grpc/server.py
index ad21d75fd75..d5ae66838f6 100644
--- a/chromadb/db/impl/grpc/server.py
+++ b/chromadb/db/impl/grpc/server.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 from google.protobuf.empty_pb2 import Empty
 from chromadb.types import Collection, Metadata, Segment, SegmentScope
 
+_ZERO_UUID = UUID(int=0)
+
 
 class GrpcMockSysDB(SysDBServicer, Component):
     """A mock sysdb implementation that can be used for testing the grpc client. It stores
@@ -88,13 +90,13 @@ def stop(self) -> None:
 
     @overrides
     def reset_state(self) -> None:
+        # Use local variable for default tenant/database for faster reference
+        tenant = DEFAULT_TENANT
+        db = DEFAULT_DATABASE
+
         self._segments = {}
-        self._tenants_to_databases_to_collections = {}
-        # Create defaults
-        self._tenants_to_databases_to_collections[DEFAULT_TENANT] = {}
-        self._tenants_to_databases_to_collections[DEFAULT_TENANT][DEFAULT_DATABASE] = {}
-        self._tenants_to_database_to_id[DEFAULT_TENANT] = {}
-        self._tenants_to_database_to_id[DEFAULT_TENANT][DEFAULT_DATABASE] = UUID(int=0)
+        self._tenants_to_databases_to_collections = {tenant: {db: {}}}
+        self._tenants_to_database_to_id = {tenant: {db: _ZERO_UUID}}
         return super().reset_state()
 
     @overrides(check_signature=False)