1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_info.cpp b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_info.cpp
index 8d994dd93b2..0e827661882 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_info.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/repl/replication_info.cpp
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ public:
         BSONObjBuilder result;
         result.append("latestOptime", replCoord->getMyLastAppliedOpTime().getTimestamp());
 
-        auto earliestOplogTimestampFetch = [&]() -> StatusWith<Timestamp> {
+        auto earliestOplogTimestampFetch = [&]() -> Timestamp {
             AutoGetOplog oplogRead(opCtx, OplogAccessMode::kRead);
             if (!oplogRead.getCollection()) {
-                return StatusWith<Timestamp>(ErrorCodes::NamespaceNotFound, "oplog doesn't exist");
+                return Timestamp();
             }
 
             // Try to get the lock. If it's already locked, immediately return null timestamp.
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ public:
                     return o["ts"].timestamp();
                 }
             }
-
-            return swEarliestOplogTimestamp;
+            if (!swEarliestOplogTimestamp.isOK()) {
+                return Timestamp();
+            }
+            return swEarliestOplogTimestamp.getValue();
         }();
 
-        uassert(
-            17347, "Problem reading earliest entry from oplog", earliestOplogTimestampFetch.isOK());
-        result.append("earliestOptime", earliestOplogTimestampFetch.getValue());
+        result.append("earliestOptime", earliestOplogTimestampFetch);
 
         return result.obj();
     }