diff --git a/src/mon/MonCommands.h b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
index b128b5f9b8a14..fb0276c96da78 100644
--- a/src/mon/MonCommands.h
+++ b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@
 
 COMMAND("pg stat", "show placement group status.", "pg", "r", "cli,rest")
 COMMAND("pg getmap", "get binary pg map to -o/stdout", "pg", "r", "cli,rest")
-COMMAND("pg send_pg_creates", "trigger pg creates to be issued",\
-	"pg", "rw", "cli,rest")
 COMMAND("pg dump " \
 	"name=dumpcontents,type=CephChoices,strings=all|summary|sum|delta|pools|osds|pgs|pgs_brief,n=N,req=false", \
 	"show human-readable versions of pg map (only 'all' valid with plain)", "pg", "r", "cli,rest")
diff --git a/src/mon/PGMap.h b/src/mon/PGMap.h
index 7787d6cbb02e3..1c86ab3afffdb 100644
--- a/src/mon/PGMap.h
+++ b/src/mon/PGMap.h
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ class PGMapUpdater
       PGMap *pg_map,
       PGMap::Incremental *pending_inc);
 
-protected:
   static void register_pg(
       const OSDMap &osd_map,
       pg_t pgid, epoch_t epoch,
diff --git a/src/mon/PGMonitor.cc b/src/mon/PGMonitor.cc
index fe7f528a855c1..b7c9870058c1a 100644
--- a/src/mon/PGMonitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/PGMonitor.cc
@@ -236,8 +236,12 @@ void PGMonitor::upgrade_format()
 void PGMonitor::post_paxos_update()
 {
   dout(10) << __func__ << dendl;
-  if (mon->osdmon()->osdmap.get_epoch()) {
-    send_pg_creates();
+  OSDMap& osdmap = mon->osdmon()->osdmap;
+  if (osdmap.get_epoch()) {
+    if (osdmap.get_num_up_osds() > 0) {
+      assert(osdmap.get_up_osd_features() & CEPH_FEATURE_MON_STATEFUL_SUB);
+      check_subs();
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -885,17 +889,6 @@ void PGMonitor::check_osd_map(epoch_t epoch)
   propose_pending();
 }
 
-void PGMonitor::send_pg_creates()
-{
-  OSDMap& osdmap = mon->osdmon()->osdmap;
-  if (osdmap.get_num_up_osds() == 0)
-    return;
-
-  assert(osdmap.get_up_osd_features() & CEPH_FEATURE_MON_STATEFUL_SUB);
-  check_subs();
-  return;
-}
-
 epoch_t PGMonitor::send_pg_creates(int osd, Connection *con, epoch_t next)
 {
   dout(30) << __func__ << " " << pg_map.creating_pgs_by_osd_epoch << dendl;
@@ -933,12 +926,7 @@ epoch_t PGMonitor::send_pg_creates(int osd, Connection *con, epoch_t next)
     return next;
   }
 
-  if (con) {
-    con->send_message(m);
-  } else {
-    assert(mon->osdmon()->osdmap.is_up(osd));
-    mon->messenger->send_message(m, mon->osdmon()->osdmap.get_inst(osd));
-  }
+  con->send_message(m);
   last_sent_pg_create[osd] = ceph_clock_now();
 
   // sub is current through last + 1
@@ -1410,10 +1398,13 @@ bool PGMonitor::prepare_command(MonOpRequestRef op)
       goto reply;
     }
     {
-      pg_stat_t& s = pending_inc.pg_stat_updates[pgid];
-      s.state = PG_STATE_CREATING;
-      s.created = epoch;
-      s.last_change = ceph_clock_now();
+      PGMapUpdater::register_pg(
+	mon->osdmon()->osdmap,
+	pgid,
+	epoch,
+	true,
+	&pg_map,
+	&pending_inc);
     }
     ss << "pg " << pgidstr << " now creating, ok";
     goto update;
diff --git a/src/mon/PGMonitor.h b/src/mon/PGMonitor.h
index 2fce01200b062..e1c9c822f98f4 100644
--- a/src/mon/PGMonitor.h
+++ b/src/mon/PGMonitor.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class PGMonitor : public PaxosService {
 
   void register_new_pgs();
 
-  void send_pg_creates();
   epoch_t send_pg_creates(int osd, Connection *con, epoch_t next);
 
   /**