diff --git a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
index 695efd54099..193db5e02f1 100644
--- a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
+++ b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
@@ -2589,10 +2589,6 @@ void PrimaryLogPG::record_write_error(OpRequestRef op, const hobject_t &soid,
       auto m = op->get_req<MOSDOp>();
       int flags = m->get_flags() & (CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ACK | CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK);
       MOSDOpReply *reply = orig_reply.detach();
-      if (reply == nullptr) {
-	reply = new MOSDOpReply(m, r, pg->get_osdmap_epoch(),
-				flags, true);
-      }
       ldpp_dout(pg, 10) << " sending commit on " << *m << " " << reply << dendl;
       pg->osd->send_message_osd_client(reply, m->get_connection());
     }