diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ReplicationManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ReplicationManager.java
index b33f0ef352a7..3da81d5c2740 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ReplicationManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ReplicationManager.java
@@ -712,8 +712,26 @@ private void adjustPendingOpsAndMetrics(ContainerInfo containerInfo,
       getMetrics().incrEcReconstructionCmdsSentTotal();
     } else if (cmd.getType() == Type.replicateContainerCommand) {
       ReplicateContainerCommand rcc = (ReplicateContainerCommand) cmd;
-      containerReplicaPendingOps.scheduleAddReplica(containerInfo.containerID(),
-          targetDatanode, rcc.getReplicaIndex(), scmDeadlineEpochMs);
+
+      if (rcc.getTargetDatanode() == null) {
+        /*
+        This means the target will pull a replica from a source, so the
+        op's target Datanode should be the Datanode this command is being
+        sent to.
+         */
+        containerReplicaPendingOps.scheduleAddReplica(
+            containerInfo.containerID(),
+            targetDatanode, rcc.getReplicaIndex(), scmDeadlineEpochMs);
+      } else {
+        /*
+        This means the source will push replica to the target, so the op's
+        target Datanode should be the Datanode the replica will be pushed to.
+         */
+        containerReplicaPendingOps.scheduleAddReplica(
+            containerInfo.containerID(),
+            rcc.getTargetDatanode(), rcc.getReplicaIndex(), scmDeadlineEpochMs);
+      }
+
       if (rcc.getReplicaIndex() > 0) {
         getMetrics().incrEcReplicationCmdsSentTotal();
       } else if (rcc.getReplicaIndex() == 0) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestReplicationManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestReplicationManager.java
index c0221681abd8..d9020216d3ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestReplicationManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestReplicationManager.java
@@ -858,6 +858,49 @@ public void testSendDatanodeReplicateCommand() throws NotLeaderException {
         .getNumReplicationCmdsSent());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that a ReplicateContainerCommand that is sent from source to
+   * target has the correct deadline and that ContainerReplicaOp for
+   * replica ADD is created correctly.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testReplicateContainerCommandToTarget()
+      throws NotLeaderException {
+    // create a closed EC container
+    ECReplicationConfig ecRepConfig = new ECReplicationConfig(3, 2);
+    ContainerInfo containerInfo =
+        ReplicationTestUtil.createContainerInfo(ecRepConfig, 1,
+            HddsProtos.LifeCycleState.CLOSED, 10, 20);
+
+    // command will be pushed from source to target
+    DatanodeDetails target = MockDatanodeDetails.randomDatanodeDetails();
+    DatanodeDetails source = MockDatanodeDetails.randomDatanodeDetails();
+    ReplicateContainerCommand command = ReplicateContainerCommand.toTarget(
+        containerInfo.getContainerID(), target);
+    command.setReplicaIndex(1);
+    replicationManager.sendDatanodeCommand(command, containerInfo, source);
+
+    // check the command's deadline
+    ReplicationManager.ReplicationManagerConfiguration rmConf = configuration
+        .getObject(ReplicationManager.ReplicationManagerConfiguration.class);
+    long expectedDeadline = clock.millis() + rmConf.getEventTimeout() -
+        rmConf.getDatanodeTimeoutOffset();
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedDeadline, command.getDeadline());
+
+    List<ContainerReplicaOp> ops = containerReplicaPendingOps.getPendingOps(
+        containerInfo.containerID());
+    Mockito.verify(nodeManager).addDatanodeCommand(any(), any());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(1, ops.size());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(ContainerReplicaOp.PendingOpType.ADD,
+        ops.get(0).getOpType());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(target, ops.get(0).getTarget());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(1, ops.get(0).getReplicaIndex());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(1, replicationManager.getMetrics()
+        .getEcReplicationCmdsSentTotal());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(0, replicationManager.getMetrics()
+        .getNumReplicationCmdsSent());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSendLowPriorityReplicateContainerCommand()
       throws NotLeaderException {