diff --git a/src/osd/ECBackend.cc b/src/osd/ECBackend.cc
index 5bc21856e67b7..c35a40068837c 100644
--- a/src/osd/ECBackend.cc
+++ b/src/osd/ECBackend.cc
@@ -1590,7 +1590,6 @@ void ECBackend::start_write(Op *op) {
       op->on_local_applied_sync = 0;
     } else {
       MOSDECSubOpWrite *r = new MOSDECSubOpWrite(sop);
-      r->set_priority(cct->_conf->osd_client_op_priority);
       r->pgid = spg_t(get_parent()->primary_spg_t().pgid, i->shard);
       r->map_epoch = get_parent()->get_epoch();
       get_parent()->send_message_osd_cluster(
@@ -1726,7 +1725,7 @@ void ECBackend::objects_read_async(
 	c)));
 
   start_read_op(
-    cct->_conf->osd_client_op_priority,
+    CEPH_MSG_PRIO_DEFAULT,
     for_read_op,
     OpRequestRef());
   return;