diff --git a/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc b/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
index f1911c13f947b..046e07a755c86 100644
--- a/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
+++ b/src/osd/ReplicatedPG.cc
@@ -11409,8 +11409,7 @@ bool ReplicatedPG::agent_maybe_evict(ObjectContextRef& obc)
 
     // FIXME: ignore temperature for now.
 
-    // KISS: if [lower,upper] spans our target effort, evict it.
-    if (atime_lower >= agent_state->evict_effort)
+    if (1000000 - atime_upper >= agent_state->evict_effort)
       return false;
   }