diff --git a/src/librados/RadosClient.cc b/src/librados/RadosClient.cc
index 38dcb092dfa881..11a9e21c107858 100644
--- a/src/librados/RadosClient.cc
+++ b/src/librados/RadosClient.cc
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void librados::RadosClient::shutdown()
   }
 
   bool need_objecter = false;
-  if (objecter && objecter->initialized.read()) {
+  if (objecter && objecter->initialized) {
     need_objecter = true;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc b/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
index e7d9fe51b13fdf..b3dcff8aab358c 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ void MDSDaemon::suicide()
     mds_rank->shutdown();
   } else {
 
-    if (objecter->initialized.read()) {
+    if (objecter->initialized) {
       objecter->shutdown();
     }
     timer.shutdown();
diff --git a/src/mds/MDSRank.cc b/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
index 188750a195dc4b..14fb23eabd6675 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void MDSRankDispatcher::shutdown()
   // shut down cache
   mdcache->shutdown();
 
-  if (objecter->initialized.read())
+  if (objecter->initialized)
     objecter->shutdown();
 
   monc->shutdown();