1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/s/d_state.cpp b/s/d_state.cpp
index 16f46cd..3f13b79 100644
--- a/s/d_state.cpp
+++ b/s/d_state.cpp
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ namespace mongo {
      * @ return true if not in sharded mode
                      or if version for this client is ok
      */
-    bool shardVersionOk( const string& ns , string& errmsg ){
+    bool shardVersionOk( const string& ns , bool isWriteOp , string& errmsg ){
         if ( ! shardingState.enabled() )
             return true;
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ namespace mongo {
 
         if ( version == 0 && clientVersion > 0 ){
             stringstream ss;
-            ss << "version: " << version << " clientVersion: " << clientVersion;
+            ss << "collection was dropped or this shard no longer valied version: " << version << " clientVersion: " << clientVersion;
             errmsg = ss.str();
             return false;
         }
@@ -565,6 +565,13 @@ namespace mongo {
             return false;
         }
 
+        if ( isWriteOp && version.majorVersion() == clientVersion.majorVersion() ){
+            // this means there was just a split 
+            // since on a split w/o a migrate this server is ok
+            // going to accept write
+            return true;
+        }
+
         stringstream ss;
         ss << "your version is too old  ns: " + ns << " global: " << version << " client: " << clientVersion;
         errmsg = ss.str();