diff --git a/src/osd_peering.cpp b/src/osd_peering.cpp
index 3a18487d3..e50ca1216 100644
--- a/src/osd_peering.cpp
+++ b/src/osd_peering.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ void osd_t::start_pg_peering(pg_t & pg)
             });
         }
     }
+    if (pg.pg_cursize < pg.pg_minsize)
+    {
+        pg.state = PG_INCOMPLETE;
+        report_pg_state(pg);
+        return;
+    }
+    std::set<osd_num_t> cur_peers;
+    for (auto pg_osd: pg.all_peers)
+    {
+        if (pg_osd == this->osd_num || msgr.osd_peer_fds.find(pg_osd) != msgr.osd_peer_fds.end())
+        {
+            cur_peers.insert(pg_osd);
+        }
+        else if (msgr.wanted_peers.find(pg_osd) == msgr.wanted_peers.end())
+        {
+            msgr.connect_peer(pg_osd, st_cli.peer_states[pg_osd]);
+        }
+    }
     if (pg.target_history.size())
     {
         // Refuse to start PG if no peers are available from any of the historical OSD sets
@@ -222,24 +240,6 @@ void osd_t::start_pg_peering(pg_t & pg)
             }
         }
     }
-    if (pg.pg_cursize < pg.pg_minsize)
-    {
-        pg.state = PG_INCOMPLETE;
-        report_pg_state(pg);
-        return;
-    }
-    std::set<osd_num_t> cur_peers;
-    for (auto pg_osd: pg.all_peers)
-    {
-        if (pg_osd == this->osd_num || msgr.osd_peer_fds.find(pg_osd) != msgr.osd_peer_fds.end())
-        {
-            cur_peers.insert(pg_osd);
-        }
-        else if (msgr.wanted_peers.find(pg_osd) == msgr.wanted_peers.end())
-        {
-            msgr.connect_peer(pg_osd, st_cli.peer_states[pg_osd]);
-        }
-    }
     pg.cur_peers.insert(pg.cur_peers.begin(), cur_peers.begin(), cur_peers.end());
     if (pg.peering_state)
     {