diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 753cbfd32dab..b026128a89d7 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ static void target_copy(struct ceph_osd_request_target *dest,
 	dest->size = src->size;
 	dest->min_size = src->min_size;
 	dest->sort_bitwise = src->sort_bitwise;
+	dest->recovery_deletes = src->recovery_deletes;
 
 	dest->flags = src->flags;
 	dest->paused = src->paused;