diff --git a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
index 8b7bf9d47fb..741a581e445 100644
--- a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
+++ b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.cc
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_operate_read(const object_t &oid,
 
 int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_operate(const object_t& oid,
 				     ::ObjectOperation *o, AioCompletionImpl *c,
-				     snap_t seq, vector<snapid_t>& snaps)
+				     const SnapContext& snap_context)
 {
   utime_t ut = ceph_clock_now(client->cct);
   /* can't write to a snapshot */
@@ -725,9 +725,8 @@ int librados::IoCtxImpl::aio_operate(const object_t& oid,
   c->io = this;
   queue_aio_write(c);
 
-  SnapContext local_snapc(seq, snaps);
   Mutex::Locker l(*lock);
-  objecter->mutate(oid, oloc, *o, local_snapc, ut, 0, onack, oncommit,
+  objecter->mutate(oid, oloc, *o, snap_context, ut, 0, onack, oncommit,
 		   &c->objver);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.h b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.h
index 263fd104167..21e586543c7 100644
--- a/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.h
+++ b/src/librados/IoCtxImpl.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct librados::IoCtxImpl {
   int operate(const object_t& oid, ::ObjectOperation *o, time_t *pmtime);
   int operate_read(const object_t& oid, ::ObjectOperation *o, bufferlist *pbl);
   int aio_operate(const object_t& oid, ::ObjectOperation *o,
-		  AioCompletionImpl *c, snap_t seq, vector<snapid_t>& snaps);
+		  AioCompletionImpl *c, const SnapContext& snap_context);
   int aio_operate_read(const object_t& oid, ::ObjectOperation *o, AioCompletionImpl *c, bufferlist *pbl);
 
   struct C_aio_Ack : public Context {
diff --git a/src/librados/librados.cc b/src/librados/librados.cc
index d6df4762a1f..be98341ef36 100644
--- a/src/librados/librados.cc
+++ b/src/librados/librados.cc
@@ -860,8 +860,7 @@ int librados::IoCtx::aio_operate(const std::string& oid, AioCompletion *c,
 {
   object_t obj(oid);
   return io_ctx_impl->aio_operate(obj, (::ObjectOperation*)o->impl, c->pc,
-				  io_ctx_impl->snapc.seq,
-				  io_ctx_impl->snapc.snaps);
+				  io_ctx_impl->snapc);
 }
 
 int librados::IoCtx::aio_operate(const std::string& oid, AioCompletion *c,
@@ -873,8 +872,9 @@ int librados::IoCtx::aio_operate(const std::string& oid, AioCompletion *c,
   snv.resize(snaps.size());
   for (size_t i = 0; i < snaps.size(); ++i)
     snv[i] = snaps[i];
+  SnapContext snapc(snap_seq, snv);
   return io_ctx_impl->aio_operate(obj, (::ObjectOperation*)o->impl, c->pc,
-				  snap_seq, snv);
+				  snapc);
 }
 
 int librados::IoCtx::aio_operate(const std::string& oid, AioCompletion *c, librados::ObjectReadOperation *o, bufferlist *pbl)