diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRackAware.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRackAware.java
index 4f07024f16db..4d880345ec4f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRackAware.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRackAware.java
@@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ protected int getMaxReplicasPerRack(int numReplicas, int numberOfRacks) {
 
   @Override
   protected int getRequiredRackCount(int numReplicas) {
-    return REQUIRED_RACKS;
+    int racks = networkTopology != null
+        ? networkTopology.getNumOfNodes(networkTopology.getMaxLevel() - 1)
+        : 1;
+    return Math.min(REQUIRED_RACKS, racks);
   }
 }