diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/XceiverServerRatis.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/XceiverServerRatis.java
index 39e23e4d11a..1b0ad3cfb1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/XceiverServerRatis.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/XceiverServerRatis.java
@@ -552,6 +552,14 @@ private void handlePipelineFailure(RaftGroupId groupId,
       msg = datanode + " is in candidate state for " +
           roleInfoProto.getCandidateInfo().getLastLeaderElapsedTimeMs() + "ms";
       break;
+    case FOLLOWER:
+      msg = datanode + " closes pipeline when installSnapshot from leader " +
+          "because leader snapshot doesn't contain any data to replay, " +
+          "all the log entries prior to the snapshot might have been purged." +
+          "So follower should not try to install snapshot from leader but" +
+          "can close the pipeline here. It's in follower state for " +
+          roleInfoProto.getRoleElapsedTimeMs() + "ms";
+      break;
     case LEADER:
       StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
       sb.append(datanode).append(" has not seen follower/s");