diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem.go
index 03132c2d4..f7785ff98 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/filesystem.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func getFilesystem(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, fsName s
 
 // AllowStandbyReplay gets detailed status information about a Ceph filesystem.
 func AllowStandbyReplay(context *clusterd.Context, clusterInfo *ClusterInfo, fsName string, allowStandbyReplay bool) error {
-	logger.Infof("setting allow_standby_replay for filesystem %q", fsName)
+	logger.Infof("setting allow_standby_replay to %t for filesystem %q", allowStandbyReplay, fsName)
 	args := []string{"fs", "set", fsName, "allow_standby_replay", strconv.FormatBool(allowStandbyReplay)}
 	_, err := NewCephCommand(context, clusterInfo, args).Run()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
index 5d3f88087..3ea9b1fde 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/file/filesystem.go
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ func createFilesystem(
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create filesystem %q", fs.Name)
 		}
 	}
-	if fs.Spec.MetadataServer.ActiveStandby {
-		if err := cephclient.AllowStandbyReplay(context, clusterInfo, fs.Name, fs.Spec.MetadataServer.ActiveStandby); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set allow_standby_replay to filesystem %q", fs.Name)
-		}
+	if err := cephclient.AllowStandbyReplay(context, clusterInfo, fs.Name, fs.Spec.MetadataServer.ActiveStandby); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set allow_standby_replay to filesystem %q", fs.Name)
 	}
 
 	// set the number of active mds instances