diff --git a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
index 0d00b087628..c14e518c4e8 100644
--- a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
+++ b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
@@ -10023,15 +10023,11 @@ SnapSetContext *PrimaryLogPG::get_snapset_context(
     bufferlist bv;
     if (!attrs) {
       int r = -ENOENT;
-      if (!(oid.is_head() && !oid_existed))
+      if (!(oid.is_head() && !oid_existed)) {
 	r = pgbackend->objects_get_attr(oid.get_head(), SS_ATTR, &bv);
-      if (r < 0) {
-	// try _snapset
-	if (!(oid.is_snapdir() && !oid_existed))
-	  r = pgbackend->objects_get_attr(oid.get_snapdir(), SS_ATTR, &bv);
-	if (r < 0 && !can_create)
-	  return NULL;
       }
+      if (r < 0 && !can_create)
+	return NULL;
     } else {
       assert(attrs->count(SS_ATTR));
       bv = attrs->find(SS_ATTR)->second;