diff --git a/src/osd/PG.h b/src/osd/PG.h
index 1a8d012f759..8c8b8e4b3f0 100644
--- a/src/osd/PG.h
+++ b/src/osd/PG.h
@@ -782,6 +782,15 @@ protected:
 	_inc_count(p->second);
       }
     }
+
+    void clear_location(const hobject_t &hoid) {
+      auto p = missing_loc.find(hoid);
+      if (p != missing_loc.end()) {
+	_dec_count(p->second);
+        missing_loc.erase(p);
+      }
+    }
+
     void add_active_missing(const pg_missing_t &missing) {
       for (map<hobject_t, pg_missing_item>::const_iterator i =
 	     missing.get_items().begin();
diff --git a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
index 5f45e0245fd..9395a89a4a5 100644
--- a/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
+++ b/src/osd/PrimaryLogPG.cc
@@ -10125,13 +10125,7 @@ void PrimaryLogPG::issue_repop(RepGather *repop, OpContext *ctx)
 
   if (requires_missing_loc) {
     // clear out missing_loc
-    set<pg_shard_t> peers(missing_loc.get_locations(soid));
-    for (set<pg_shard_t>::iterator r = peers.begin();
-         r != peers.end();
-         ++r) {
-      pg_shard_t peer(*r);
-      missing_loc.remove_location(soid, peer);
-    }
+    missing_loc.clear_location(soid);
     for (set<pg_shard_t>::const_iterator i = actingset.begin();
          i != actingset.end();
          ++i) {