diff --git a/src/box/applier.cc b/src/box/applier.cc
index ae3d281a5c45..acb26b7e21e7 100644
--- a/src/box/applier.cc
+++ b/src/box/applier.cc
@@ -731,8 +731,18 @@ applier_apply_tx(struct stailq *rows)
 	struct latch *latch = (replica ? &replica->order_latch :
 			       &replicaset.applier.order_latch);
 	latch_lock(latch);
-	if (vclock_get(&replicaset.applier.vclock,
-		       first_row->replica_id) >= first_row->lsn) {
+	/*
+	 * We cannot tell which vclock is greater. There is no
+	 * proper place to initialize applier vclock, since it
+	 * may get stale right away if we write something to WAL
+	 * and it gets replicated and then arrives back from the
+	 * replica. So check against both vclocks. Replicaset
+	 * vclock will guard us from corner cases like the one
+	 * above.
+	 */
+	if (MAX(vclock_get(&replicaset.applier.vclock, first_row->replica_id),
+		vclock_get(&replicaset.vclock, first_row->replica_id)) >=
+	    first_row->lsn) {
 		latch_unlock(latch);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/box/replication.cc b/src/box/replication.cc
index e7bfa22ab437..7b04573a44a8 100644
--- a/src/box/replication.cc
+++ b/src/box/replication.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ replication_init(void)
 	latch_create(&replicaset.applier.order_latch);
 
 	vclock_create(&replicaset.applier.vclock);
-	vclock_copy(&replicaset.applier.vclock, &replicaset.vclock);
 	rlist_create(&replicaset.applier.on_rollback);
 	rlist_create(&replicaset.applier.on_commit);