diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
index ec05b88..398ddea 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/client/StandbyClientSyncExecution.java
@@ -205,15 +205,7 @@ class StandbyClientSyncExecution {
                 id.getLeastSignificantBits()
         );
 
-        boolean persisted = true;
-
-        try {
-            referencedId.getSegment();
-        } catch(SegmentNotFoundException e) {
-            persisted = false;
-        }
-
-        return persisted;
+        return store.containsSegment(referencedId);
     }
 
     private void copySegmentFromPrimary(UUID uuid) throws Exception {