diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/DeletedBlockLogImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/DeletedBlockLogImpl.java
index 48ffadfe76df..c94036b9cbc5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/DeletedBlockLogImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/block/DeletedBlockLogImpl.java
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@ public DatanodeDeletedBlockTransactions getTransactions(
               Set<ContainerReplica> replicas = containerManager
                   .getContainerReplicas(
                       ContainerID.valueOf(txn.getContainerID()));
-              if (checkInadequateReplica(replicas, txn, dnList)) {
+              if (!checkInadequateReplica(replicas, txn, dnList)) {
+                getTransaction(txn, transactions, replicas, commandStatus, maxDeleteBlocksPerDatanode);
+              } else {
                 metrics.incrSkippedTransaction();
-                continue;
               }
-              getTransaction(txn, transactions, replicas, commandStatus, maxDeleteBlocksPerDatanode);
             } else if (txn.getCount() >= maxRetry || containerManager.getContainer(id).isOpen()) {
               metrics.incrSkippedTransaction();
             }