diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/pa.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/pa.h
index 655e46b4..827c0b5e 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/pa.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/pa.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_PA_H
 #define JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_PA_H
 
+#include "jemalloc/internal/base.h"
 #include "jemalloc/internal/decay.h"
 #include "jemalloc/internal/ecache.h"
 #include "jemalloc/internal/edata_cache.h"
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ struct pa_shard_s {
 	 */
 	decay_t decay_dirty; /* dirty --> muzzy */
 	decay_t decay_muzzy; /* muzzy --> retained */
+
+	/* The base from which we get the ehooks and allocate metadat. */
+	base_t *base;
 };
 
 static inline void
@@ -105,6 +109,11 @@ pa_shard_may_force_decay(pa_shard_t *shard) {
 	    || pa_shard_muzzy_decay_ms_get(shard) == -1);
 }
 
+static inline ehooks_t *
+pa_shard_ehooks_get(pa_shard_t *shard) {
+	return base_ehooks_get(shard->base);
+}
+
 /* Returns true on error. */
 bool pa_shard_init(tsdn_t *tsdn, pa_shard_t *shard, base_t *base, unsigned ind,
     pa_shard_stats_t *stats, malloc_mutex_t *stats_mtx);
diff --git a/src/pa.c b/src/pa.c
index e4dbb040..a4ec4bd0 100644
--- a/src/pa.c
+++ b/src/pa.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ pa_shard_init(tsdn_t *tsdn, pa_shard_t *shard, base_t *base, unsigned ind,
 	shard->stats = stats;
 	memset(shard->stats, 0, sizeof(*shard->stats));
 
+	shard->base = base;
+
 	return false;
 }