diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMBlockDeletingService.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMBlockDeletingService.java
index 2d91bd60adad..fbf56543aeef 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMBlockDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/SCMBlockDeletingService.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public EmptyTaskResult call() throws Exception {
               // We should stop caching new commands if num of un-processed
               // command is bigger than a limit, e.g 50. In case datanode goes
               // offline for sometime, the cached commands be flooded.
-              eventPublisher.fireEvent(SCMEvents.RETRIABLE_DATANODE_COMMAND,
+              eventPublisher.fireEvent(SCMEvents.DATANODE_COMMAND,
                   new CommandForDatanode<>(dnId,
                       new DeleteBlocksCommand(dnTXs)));
               if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {