diff --git a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
index 4f7c696d3e..a389f08318 100644
--- a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ceph Client
 name: ceph-client
-version: 0.1.6
+version: 0.1.7
 home: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client
 ...
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 0601d33cd7..0c3c66d6b8 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function wait_for_pgs () {
   echo "#### Start: Checking pgs ####"
 
   pgs_ready=0
-  query='map({state: .state}) | group_by(.state) | map({state: .[0].state, count: length}) | .[] | select(.state | contains("active") | not)'
+  query='map({state: .state}) | group_by(.state) | map({state: .[0].state, count: length}) | .[] | select(.state | contains("active") or contains("premerge") | not)'
 
   if [[ $(ceph mon versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]]; then
     query=".pg_stats | ${query}"