diff --git a/src/rsz/src/RepairHold.cc b/src/rsz/src/RepairHold.cc
index ae08c67939..84707bfc0d 100644
--- a/src/rsz/src/RepairHold.cc
+++ b/src/rsz/src/RepairHold.cc
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ void RepairHold::repairEndHold(sta::Vertex* end_vertex,
           sta::PinSeq load_pins;
           Slacks slacks;
           mergeInit(slacks);
-          float excluded_cap = 0.0;
           bool loads_have_out_port = false;
           sta::VertexOutEdgeIterator edge_iter(path_vertex, graph_);
           while (edge_iter.hasNext()) {
@@ -590,11 +589,6 @@ void RepairHold::repairEndHold(sta::Vertex* end_vertex,
                     && network_->isTopLevelPort(load_pin)) {
                   loads_have_out_port = true;
                 }
-              } else {
-                sta::LibertyPort* load_port = network_->libertyPort(load_pin);
-                if (load_port) {
-                  excluded_cap += load_port->capacitance();
-                }
               }
             }
           }
@@ -611,9 +605,18 @@ void RepairHold::repairEndHold(sta::Vertex* end_vertex,
                        delayAsString(slacks[fall_index_][max_index_], sta_),
                        load_pins.size());
             sta::Scene* corner = sta_->cmdScene();
-            float load_cap
-                = graph_delay_calc_->loadCap(end_vertex->pin(), corner, max_)
-                  - excluded_cap;
+            // Compute load cap as the sum of the pin capacitances that the
+            // inserted hold buffer will drive. Using loadCap on the driver pin
+            // would include the full original-net parasitics which are absent
+            // on the post-split net, causing the guard below to over-reject
+            // valid insertions.
+            float load_cap = 0.0;
+            for (const sta::Pin* load_pin : load_pins) {
+              sta::LibertyPort* load_port = network_->libertyPort(load_pin);
+              if (load_port) {
+                load_cap += load_port->capacitance();
+              }
+            }
             sta::ArcDelay buffer_delays[sta::RiseFall::index_count];
             sta::Slew buffer_slews[sta::RiseFall::index_count];
             resizer_->bufferDelays(buffer_cell,