diff --git a/src/mon/OSDMonitor.cc b/src/mon/OSDMonitor.cc
index 15c64a62f92..61c9119c5d1 100644
--- a/src/mon/OSDMonitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/OSDMonitor.cc
@@ -3259,11 +3259,9 @@ bool OSDMonitor::preprocess_command(MonOpRequestRef op)
 
     epoch_t epoch = 0;
     int64_t epochnum;
-    cmd_getval(g_ceph_context, cmdmap, "epoch", epochnum, (int64_t)0);
+    cmd_getval(g_ceph_context, cmdmap, "epoch", epochnum, (int64_t)osdmap.get_epoch());
     epoch = epochnum;
-    if (!epoch)
-      epoch = osdmap.get_epoch();
-
+    
     bufferlist osdmap_bl;
     int err = get_version_full(epoch, osdmap_bl);
     if (err == -ENOENT) {