diff --git a/share/eds/inverted_index.go b/share/eds/inverted_index.go
index f917619676..0e3665d973 100644
--- a/share/eds/inverted_index.go
+++ b/share/eds/inverted_index.go
@@ -40,35 +40,24 @@ func (s *simpleInvertedIndex) AddMultihashesForShard(
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create ds batch: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := mhIter.ForEach(func(mh multihash.Multihash) error {
+	err = mhIter.ForEach(func(mh multihash.Multihash) error {
 		key := ds.NewKey(string(mh))
-		ok, err := s.ds.Has(ctx, key)
+		bz, err := json.Marshal(sk)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to check if value for multihash exists %s, err: %w", mh, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal shard key to bytes: %w", err)
 		}
-
-		if !ok {
-			bz, err := json.Marshal(sk)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal shard key to bytes: %w", err)
-			}
-			if err := batch.Put(ctx, key, bz); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to put mh=%s, err=%w", mh, err)
-			}
+		if err := batch.Put(ctx, key, bz); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to put mh=%s, err=%w", mh, err)
 		}
-
 		return nil
-	}); err != nil {
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add index entry: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := batch.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit batch: %w", err)
 	}
-
-	if err := s.ds.Sync(ctx, ds.Key{}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to sync puts: %w", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go b/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
index f228aa0d92..8fb037bb92 100644
--- a/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
+++ b/share/eds/inverted_index_test.go
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ func TestMultihashesForShard(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, []shard.Key{shard.KeyFromString("shard1")}, shardKeys)
 
-	// 2. Add mh1 to shard2, and ensure that mh1 still points to shard1
+	// 2. Add mh1 to shard2, and ensure that mh1 no longer points to shard1
 	err = invertedIndex.AddMultihashesForShard(ctx, &mockIterator{mhs: mhs[:1]}, shard.KeyFromString("shard2"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	shardKeys, err = invertedIndex.GetShardsForMultihash(ctx, mhs[0])
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, []shard.Key{shard.KeyFromString("shard1")}, shardKeys)
+	require.Equal(t, []shard.Key{shard.KeyFromString("shard2")}, shardKeys)
 }