diff --git a/modules/dcache/src/main/java/diskCacheV111/replicaManager/ReplicaDbV1.java b/modules/dcache/src/main/java/diskCacheV111/replicaManager/ReplicaDbV1.java
index ba14048772d..97a52c1dcde 100644
--- a/modules/dcache/src/main/java/diskCacheV111/replicaManager/ReplicaDbV1.java
+++ b/modules/dcache/src/main/java/diskCacheV111/replicaManager/ReplicaDbV1.java
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import diskCacheV111.repository.CacheRepositoryEntryInfo;
 import diskCacheV111.util.PnfsId;
-
 import dmg.cells.nucleus.CellAdapter;
-import java.util.Collections;
 
 import static org.dcache.commons.util.SqlHelper.tryToClose;
 
@@ -143,16 +142,15 @@ public synchronized void addPnfsToPool(List<CacheRepositoryEntryInfo> fileList,
                                                                     // table
                 String pnfsId = info.getPnfsId().toString();
                 int bitmask = info.getBitMask();
+                boolean notRemovable = info.isPrecious() ||
+                                (info.isCached() && info.isSticky());
                 boolean countable =
-                        info.isPrecious() &&
-//                        info.isCached() &&
+                        notRemovable &&
                         !info.isReceivingFromClient() &&
                         !info.isReceivingFromStore() &&
-//                        info.isSendingToStore() &&
                         !info.isBad() &&
                         !info.isRemoved() &&
                         !info.isDestroyed();
-//                        info.isSticky();
 
                 try {
                     pstmt.setString(1, pnfsId);