diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
index ec470298ea4..4852c020f6b 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.cc
@@ -18325,10 +18325,18 @@ int BlueStore::_do_remove(
     nogen.hobj.snap = CEPH_NOSNAP;
   OnodeRef h = c->get_onode(nogen, false);
 
-  if (!h || !h->exists) {
-    return 0;
+  if (h && h->exists) {
+    return _maybe_unshare_on_remove(txc, c, h, std::move(maybe_unshared_blobs));
   }
+  return 0;
+}
 
+int BlueStore::_maybe_unshare_on_remove(
+  TransContext *txc,
+  CollectionRef& c,
+  OnodeRef& h,
+  std::set<SharedBlob*>&& maybe_unshared_blobs)
+{
   //Populate the extent map structure from DB; required for shared blob processing below.
   h->extent_map.fault_range(db, 0, h->onode.size);
   // Set maybe_unshared_blobs contains those shared blobs that have all nref=1.
diff --git a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
index 6beb08754a2..4457dc86cda 100644
--- a/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
+++ b/src/os/bluestore/BlueStore.h
@@ -3970,6 +3970,10 @@ private:
   int _do_remove(TransContext *txc,
 		 CollectionRef& c,
 		 OnodeRef& o);
+  int _maybe_unshare_on_remove(TransContext *txc,
+                               CollectionRef& c,
+                               OnodeRef& head_o,
+                               std::set<SharedBlob*>&& maybe_unshared_blobs);
   int _setattr(TransContext *txc,
 	       CollectionRef& c,
 	       OnodeRef& o,