diff --git a/src/cls/rgw/cls_rgw.cc b/src/cls/rgw/cls_rgw.cc
index e92dbc505a6..948b97f7c1c 100644
--- a/src/cls/rgw/cls_rgw.cc
+++ b/src/cls/rgw/cls_rgw.cc
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ int rgw_dir_suggest_changes(cls_method_context_t hctx,
     string cur_change_key;
     encode_obj_index_key(cur_change.key, &cur_change_key);
     int ret = cls_cxx_map_get_val(hctx, cur_change_key, &cur_disk_bl);
-    if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOENT)
+    if (ret < 0)
       return -EINVAL;
 
     if (cur_disk_bl.length()) {
@@ -1969,18 +1969,6 @@ int rgw_dir_suggest_changes(cls_method_context_t hctx,
         }
         break;
       case CEPH_RGW_UPDATE:
-	if (!cur_disk.exists) {
-	  // this update would only have been sent by the rgw client
-	  // if the rgw_bucket_dir_entry existed, however between that
-	  // check and now the entry has diappeared, so we were likely
-	  // in the midst of a delete op, and we will not recreate the
-	  // entry
-	  CLS_LOG(10,
-		  "CEPH_RGW_UPDATE not applied because rgw_bucket_dir_entry"
-		  " no longer exists\n");
-	  break;
-	}
-
         CLS_LOG(10, "CEPH_RGW_UPDATE name=%s instance=%s total_entries: %" PRId64 " -> %" PRId64 "\n",
                 cur_change.key.name.c_str(), cur_change.key.instance.c_str(), stats.num_entries, stats.num_entries + 1);