diff --git a/fdbserver/OldTLogServer_6_0.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/OldTLogServer_6_0.actor.cpp
index 10f191b937..f9c9535d2b 100644
--- a/fdbserver/OldTLogServer_6_0.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/OldTLogServer_6_0.actor.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ struct LogData : NonCopyable, public ReferenceCounted<LogData> {
 
 	//only callable after getTagData returns a null reference
 	Reference<TagData> createTagData(Tag tag, Version popped, bool nothingPersistent, bool poppedRecently, bool unpoppedRecovered) {
-		if(tag.locality != tagLocalityLogRouter && tag.locality != tagLocalityTxs && tag != txsTag && allTags.size() && !allTags.count(tag) && popped <= recoveredAt) {
+		if(tag.locality != tagLocalityLogRouter && allTags.size() && !allTags.count(tag) && popped <= recoveredAt) {
 			popped = recoveredAt + 1;
 		}
 		Reference<TagData> newTagData = Reference<TagData>( new TagData(tag, popped, nothingPersistent, poppedRecently, unpoppedRecovered) );
diff --git a/fdbserver/TLogServer.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/TLogServer.actor.cpp
index 95d51267c5..ee77cd47df 100644
--- a/fdbserver/TLogServer.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/TLogServer.actor.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ struct LogData : NonCopyable, public ReferenceCounted<LogData> {
 
 	//only callable after getTagData returns a null reference
 	Reference<TagData> createTagData(Tag tag, Version popped, bool nothingPersistent, bool poppedRecently, bool unpoppedRecovered) {
-		if(tag.locality != tagLocalityLogRouter && tag.locality != tagLocalityTxs && tag != txsTag && allTags.size() && !allTags.count(tag) && popped <= recoveredAt) {
+		if(tag.locality != tagLocalityLogRouter && allTags.size() && !allTags.count(tag) && popped <= recoveredAt) {
 			popped = recoveredAt + 1;
 		}
 		Reference<TagData> newTagData = Reference<TagData>( new TagData(tag, popped, 0, nothingPersistent, poppedRecently, unpoppedRecovered) );
diff --git a/fdbserver/TagPartitionedLogSystem.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/TagPartitionedLogSystem.actor.cpp
index c1cbd092b4..086002af2d 100644
--- a/fdbserver/TagPartitionedLogSystem.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/TagPartitionedLogSystem.actor.cpp
@@ -1868,12 +1868,15 @@ struct TagPartitionedLogSystem : ILogSystem, ReferenceCounted<TagPartitionedLogS
 					for(int loc : locations)
 						remoteTLogReqs[ loc ].recoverTags.push_back( tag );
 				}
-				if(nonShardedTxs) {
-					localTags.push_back(txsTag);
-				} else {
-					for(int i = 0; i < self->txsTags; i++) {
-						localTags.push_back(Tag(tagLocalityTxs, i));
-					}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(oldLogSystem->tLogs.size()) {
+			if(nonShardedTxs) {
+				localTags.push_back(txsTag);
+			} else {
+				for(int i = 0; i < self->txsTags; i++) {
+					localTags.push_back(Tag(tagLocalityTxs, i));
 				}
 			}
 		}