diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
index 90ea927fe5d..0b6681b2f9f 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
@@ -7412,7 +7412,7 @@ int RGWRados::cls_obj_complete_cancel(BucketShard& bs, string& tag, rgw_obj& obj
 {
   RGWObjEnt ent;
   obj.get_index_key(&ent.key);
-  return cls_obj_complete_op(bs, CLS_RGW_OP_ADD, tag, -1 /* pool id */, 0, ent, RGW_OBJ_CATEGORY_NONE, NULL, bilog_flags);
+  return cls_obj_complete_op(bs, CLS_RGW_OP_CANCEL, tag, -1 /* pool id */, 0, ent, RGW_OBJ_CATEGORY_NONE, NULL, bilog_flags);
 }
 
 int RGWRados::cls_obj_set_bucket_tag_timeout(rgw_bucket& bucket, uint64_t timeout)