diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
index 1cfb771dc957..05c93af2620b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.com.google.protobuf.TextFormat;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.TaskQueue;
 import org.apache.ratis.util.function.CheckedSupplier;
+import org.apache.ratis.util.JavaUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -519,6 +520,22 @@ public CompletableFuture<DataStream> stream(RaftClientRequest request) {
     }, executor);
   }
 
+  public CompletableFuture<?> link(DataStream stream, LogEntryProto entry) {
+    return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> {
+      if (stream == null) {
+        return JavaUtils.completeExceptionally(
+            new IllegalStateException("DataStream is null"));
+      }
+      if (stream.getDataChannel().isOpen()) {
+        return JavaUtils.completeExceptionally(
+            new IllegalStateException(
+                "DataStream: " + stream + " is not closed properly"));
+      } else {
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+      }
+    }, executor);
+  }
+
   private ExecutorService getChunkExecutor(WriteChunkRequestProto req) {
     int hash = Objects.hashCode(req.getBlockID());
     if (hash == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {