diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_core_ff.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_core_ff.erl
index 2be2bd23b3..825fb11c80 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_core_ff.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_core_ff.erl
@@ -133,19 +133,22 @@
       Args :: rabbit_feature_flags:enable_callback_args(),
       Ret :: rabbit_feature_flags:enable_callback_ret().
 direct_exchange_routing_v2_enable(#{feature_name := FeatureName}) ->
-    TableName = rabbit_index_route,
-    ok = rabbit_table:wait([rabbit_route, rabbit_exchange], _Retry = true),
+    DependantTables = [rabbit_route, rabbit_exchange],
+    ok = rabbit_table:wait(DependantTables, _Retry = true),
+    [ok = rabbit_table:create_local_copy(Tab, ram_copies) || Tab <- DependantTables],
+
+    NewTable = rabbit_index_route,
     try
         ok = rabbit_table:create(
-               TableName, rabbit_table:rabbit_index_route_definition()),
-        case rabbit_table:ensure_table_copy(TableName, node(), ram_copies) of
+               NewTable, rabbit_table:rabbit_index_route_definition()),
+        case rabbit_table:ensure_table_copy(NewTable, node(), ram_copies) of
             ok ->
                 ok = rabbit_binding:populate_index_route_table();
             {error, Err} = Error ->
                 ?LOG_ERROR(
                   "Feature flags: `~ts`: failed to add copy of table ~ts to "
                   "node ~tp: ~tp",
-                  [FeatureName, TableName, node(), Err],
+                  [FeatureName, NewTable, node(), Err],
                   #{domain => ?RMQLOG_DOMAIN_FEAT_FLAGS}),
                 Error
         end
diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_table.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_table.erl
index b5d2307171..6418f68c1d 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_table.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_table.erl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 -export([
     create/0, create/2, ensure_local_copies/1, ensure_table_copy/3,
-    wait_for_replicated/1, wait/1, wait/2,
+    create_local_copy/2, wait_for_replicated/1, wait/1, wait/2,
     force_load/0, is_present/0, is_empty/0, needs_default_data/0,
     check_schema_integrity/1, clear_ram_only_tables/0, retry_timeout/0,
     wait_for_replicated/0, exists/1]).
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ensure_secondary_index(Table, Field) ->
     {aborted, {already_exists, Table, _}} -> ok
   end.
 
--spec ensure_table_copy(atom(), node(), ram_copies | disc_copies) ->
+-spec ensure_table_copy(mnesia:table(), node(), mnesia:storage_type()) ->
     ok | {error, any()}.
 ensure_table_copy(TableName, Node, StorageType) ->
     rabbit_log:debug("Will add a local schema database copy for table '~ts'", [TableName]),
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ create_local_copies(Type) ->
       end, definitions(Type)),
     ok.
 
+-spec create_local_copy(mnesia:table(), mnesia:storage_type()) -> ok.
 create_local_copy(Tab, Type) ->
     StorageType = mnesia:table_info(Tab, storage_type),
     {atomic, ok} =