diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMStateMachine.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMStateMachine.java
index a5583b48b107..9d9bf07fda3b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMStateMachine.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMStateMachine.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
       transactionBuffer.close();
       HadoopExecutors.
           shutdown(installSnapshotExecutor, LOG, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-    } else {
+    } else if (!scm.isStopped()) {
       scm.shutDown("scm statemachine is closed by ratis, terminate SCM");
     }
   }
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 c6b809874c89..fa67dd68dedc 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
@@ -1796,6 +1796,10 @@ public void shutDown(String message) {
     ExitUtils.terminate(0, message, LOG);
   }
 
+  public boolean isStopped() {
+    return isStopped.get();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Wait until service has completed shutdown.
    */