diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/LegacyReplicationManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/LegacyReplicationManager.java
index debbc0d03274..27eba21af015 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/LegacyReplicationManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/LegacyReplicationManager.java
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ protected void processContainer(ContainerInfo container,
          * we have to resend close container command to the datanodes.
          */
         if (state == LifeCycleState.CLOSING) {
+          setHealthStateForClosing(replicas, container, report);
           for (ContainerReplica replica: replicas) {
             if (replica.getState() != State.UNHEALTHY) {
               sendCloseCommand(
@@ -1613,6 +1614,18 @@ private boolean isOpenContainerHealthy(
         .allMatch(r -> compareState(state, r.getState()));
   }
 
+  private void setHealthStateForClosing(Set<ContainerReplica> replicas,
+                                        ContainerInfo container,
+                                        ReplicationManagerReport report) {
+    if (replicas.size() == 0) {
+      report.incrementAndSample(HealthState.MISSING, container.containerID());
+      report.incrementAndSample(HealthState.UNDER_REPLICATED,
+              container.containerID());
+      report.incrementAndSample(HealthState.MIS_REPLICATED,
+              container.containerID());
+    }
+  }
+
   public boolean isContainerReplicatingOrDeleting(ContainerID containerID) {
     return inflightReplication.containsKey(containerID) ||
         inflightDeletion.containsKey(containerID);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestLegacyReplicationManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestLegacyReplicationManager.java
index 8c46db43ac3d..27a33b53ea45 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestLegacyReplicationManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestLegacyReplicationManager.java
@@ -397,6 +397,62 @@ public void testClosingContainer() throws IOException, TimeoutException {
       Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(LifeCycleState.CLOSING));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create closing container with 1 replica.
+     * Expectation: Missing containers 0.
+     * Remove the only replica.
+     * Expectation: Missing containers 1.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testClosingMissingContainer()
+            throws IOException, TimeoutException {
+      final ContainerInfo container = getContainer(LifeCycleState.CLOSING);
+      final ContainerID id = container.containerID();
+
+      containerStateManager.addContainer(container.getProtobuf());
+
+      // One replica in OPEN state
+      final Set<ContainerReplica> replicas = getReplicas(id, State.OPEN,
+              randomDatanodeDetails());
+
+      for (ContainerReplica replica : replicas) {
+        containerStateManager.updateContainerReplica(id, replica);
+      }
+
+      final int currentCloseCommandCount = datanodeCommandHandler
+              .getInvocationCount(SCMCommandProto.Type.closeContainerCommand);
+
+      replicationManager.processAll();
+      eventQueue.processAll(1000);
+      Assertions.assertEquals(currentCloseCommandCount + 1,
+              datanodeCommandHandler.getInvocationCount(
+                      SCMCommandProto.Type.closeContainerCommand));
+
+      ReplicationManagerReport report = replicationManager.getContainerReport();
+      Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(LifeCycleState.CLOSING));
+      Assertions.assertEquals(0, report.getStat(
+              ReplicationManagerReport.HealthState.MISSING));
+
+      for (ContainerReplica replica : replicas) {
+        containerStateManager.removeContainerReplica(id, replica);
+      }
+
+      replicationManager.processAll();
+      eventQueue.processAll(1000);
+      Assertions.assertEquals(currentCloseCommandCount + 1,
+              datanodeCommandHandler.getInvocationCount(
+                      SCMCommandProto.Type.closeContainerCommand));
+
+      report = replicationManager.getContainerReport();
+      Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(LifeCycleState.CLOSING));
+      Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(
+              ReplicationManagerReport.HealthState.MISSING));
+      Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(
+              ReplicationManagerReport.HealthState.UNDER_REPLICATED));
+      Assertions.assertEquals(1, report.getStat(
+              ReplicationManagerReport.HealthState.MIS_REPLICATED));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testReplicateCommandTimeout()
             throws IOException, TimeoutException {