diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
index 06891b6..1d3268d 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class SegmentNodeStoreService {
             builder.withBlobStore(blobStore);
         }
 
-        if (!configuration.isStandbyInstance()) {
+        if (configuration.isStandbyInstance()) {
             builder.withSnfeListener(IGNORE_SNFE);
         }