diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
index dc7849812f1..db46cc502f9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ public class IndexMetaData implements Diffable<IndexMetaData>, ToXContent {
      * {@link #isIndexUsingShadowReplicas(org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings)}.
      */
     public static boolean isOnSharedFilesystem(Settings settings) {
-        // don't use the settings directly, not to trigger manny deprecation
+        // don't use the settings directly, not to trigger manny deprecation logging
         return settings.getAsBoolean(SETTING_SHARED_FILESYSTEM, isIndexUsingShadowReplicas(settings));
     }
 
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ public class IndexMetaData implements Diffable<IndexMetaData>, ToXContent {
      * setting for this is <code>false</code>.
      */
     public static boolean isIndexUsingShadowReplicas(Settings settings) {
-        // don't use the settings directly, not to trigger manny deprecation
+        // don't use the settings directly, not to trigger manny deprecation logging
         return settings.getAsBoolean(SETTING_SHADOW_REPLICAS, false);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocator.java
index 45292d43c8e..bb2cc475464 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/PrimaryShardAllocator.java
@@ -476,8 +476,10 @@ public abstract class PrimaryShardAllocator extends BaseGatewayShardAllocator {
      * recovered on any node
      */
     private boolean recoverOnAnyNode(IndexMetaData metaData) {
+        // don't use the settings directly, not to trigger manny deprecation logging
         return (IndexMetaData.isOnSharedFilesystem(metaData.getSettings()) || IndexMetaData.isOnSharedFilesystem(this.settings))
-            && IndexMetaData.INDEX_SHARED_FS_ALLOW_RECOVERY_ON_ANY_NODE_SETTING.get(metaData.getSettings(), this.settings);
+            && (metaData.getSettings().getAsBoolean(IndexMetaData.SETTING_SHARED_FS_ALLOW_RECOVERY_ON_ANY_NODE, false) ||
+                this.settings.getAsBoolean(IndexMetaData.SETTING_SHARED_FS_ALLOW_RECOVERY_ON_ANY_NODE, false));
     }
 
     protected abstract FetchResult<NodeGatewayStartedShards> fetchData(ShardRouting shard, RoutingAllocation allocation);