diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManager.java
index 74e70bbe058a..a903be614f1f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManager.java
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ default List<ContainerInfo> getContainers() {
    */
   List<ContainerInfo> getContainers(LifeCycleState state);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the size of containers which are in the specified state.
+   *
+   * @return size of containers.
+   */
+  int getContainerStateCount(LifeCycleState state);
+
   /**
    * Returns true if the container exist, false otherwise.
    * @param id Container ID
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManagerImpl.java
index 5e220dff59bb..cc1ee326b7a7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerManagerImpl.java
@@ -157,19 +157,38 @@ public List<ContainerInfo> getContainers(final ContainerID startID,
     final List<ContainerID> containersIds =
         new ArrayList<>(containerStateManager.getContainerIDs());
     Collections.sort(containersIds);
-    return containersIds.stream()
-        .filter(id -> id.getId() >= start).limit(count)
-        .map(ContainerID::getProtobuf)
-        .map(containerStateManager::getContainer)
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    List<ContainerInfo> containers;
+    lock.lock();
+    try {
+      containers = containersIds.stream()
+          .filter(id -> id.getId() >= start).limit(count)
+          .map(ContainerID::getProtobuf)
+          .map(containerStateManager::getContainer)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+    return containers;
   }
 
   @Override
   public List<ContainerInfo> getContainers(final LifeCycleState state) {
-    return containerStateManager.getContainerIDs(state).stream()
-        .map(ContainerID::getProtobuf)
-        .map(containerStateManager::getContainer)
-        .filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    List<ContainerInfo> containers;
+    lock.lock();
+    try {
+      containers = containerStateManager.getContainerIDs(state).stream()
+          .map(ContainerID::getProtobuf)
+          .map(containerStateManager::getContainer)
+          .filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    } finally {
+      lock.unlock();
+    }
+    return containers;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getContainerStateCount(final LifeCycleState state) {
+    return containerStateManager.getContainerIDs(state).size();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
index 2fb788d5d7cf..6c9783c5d0a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ public Map<String, Integer> getContainerStateCount() {
     Map<String, Integer> nodeStateCount = new HashMap<>();
     for (HddsProtos.LifeCycleState state : HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.values()) {
       nodeStateCount.put(state.toString(),
-          containerManager.getContainers(state).size());
+          containerManager.getContainerStateCount(state));
     }
     return nodeStateCount;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerManagerImpl.java
index 528fa7946ce5..ca5df9070157 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerManagerImpl.java
@@ -154,5 +154,19 @@ public void testGetContainers() throws Exception {
         containerManager.getContainers(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.OPEN).size());
     Assert.assertEquals(2, containerManager
         .getContainers(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.CLOSING).size());
+    containerManager.updateContainerState(cidArray[1],
+        HddsProtos.LifeCycleEvent.QUASI_CLOSE);
+    containerManager.updateContainerState(cidArray[2],
+        HddsProtos.LifeCycleEvent.FINALIZE);
+    containerManager.updateContainerState(cidArray[2],
+        HddsProtos.LifeCycleEvent.CLOSE);
+    Assert.assertEquals(7, containerManager.
+        getContainerStateCount(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.OPEN));
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, containerManager
+        .getContainerStateCount(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.CLOSING));
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, containerManager
+        .getContainerStateCount(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.QUASI_CLOSED));
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, containerManager
+        .getContainerStateCount(HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.CLOSED));
   }
 }