diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.hpp
index 4124bf8be7f5a..c6e39022060a9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.hpp
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class ShenandoahHeap : public CollectedHeap {
 
 // ---------- CDS archive support
 
-  bool can_load_archived_objects() const override { return !ShenandoahCardBarrier; }
+  bool can_load_archived_objects() const override { return true; }
   HeapWord* allocate_loaded_archive_space(size_t size) override;
   void complete_loaded_archive_space(MemRegion archive_space) override;