diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/common/helpers/ContainerInfo.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/common/helpers/ContainerInfo.java
index 427c08b9de..311c1180aa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/common/helpers/ContainerInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/common/helpers/ContainerInfo.java
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ public void allocate(long size) {
   public HddsProtos.SCMContainerInfo getProtobuf() {
     HddsProtos.SCMContainerInfo.Builder builder =
         HddsProtos.SCMContainerInfo.newBuilder();
+    Preconditions.checkState(containerID > 0);
     return builder.setAllocatedBytes(getAllocatedBytes())
         .setContainerID(getContainerID())
         .setUsedBytes(getUsedBytes())
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
index 11863f29bd..4076dad623 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/ContainerMapping.java
@@ -733,21 +733,7 @@ public void flushContainerInfo() throws IOException {
         // return info of a deleted container. may revisit this in the future,
         // for now, just skip a not-found container
         if (containerBytes != null) {
-          HddsProtos.SCMContainerInfo oldInfoProto =
-              HddsProtos.SCMContainerInfo.PARSER.parseFrom(containerBytes);
-          ContainerInfo oldInfo = ContainerInfo.fromProtobuf(oldInfoProto);
-          ContainerInfo newInfo = new ContainerInfo.Builder()
-              .setAllocatedBytes(info.getAllocatedBytes())
-              .setNumberOfKeys(oldInfo.getNumberOfKeys())
-              .setOwner(oldInfo.getOwner())
-              .setPipelineID(oldInfo.getPipelineID())
-              .setState(oldInfo.getState())
-              .setUsedBytes(oldInfo.getUsedBytes())
-              .setDeleteTransactionId(oldInfo.getDeleteTransactionId())
-              .setReplicationFactor(oldInfo.getReplicationFactor())
-              .setReplicationType(oldInfo.getReplicationType())
-              .build();
-          containerStore.put(dbKey, newInfo.getProtobuf().toByteArray());
+          containerStore.put(dbKey, info.getProtobuf().toByteArray());
         } else {
           LOG.debug("Container state manager has container {} but not found " +
                   "in container store, a deleted container?",
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerMapping.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerMapping.java
index 2dc7e9960a..1e9c35b65d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/TestContainerMapping.java
@@ -360,4 +360,12 @@ private ContainerInfo createContainer()
     return containerInfo;
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFlushAllContainers() throws IOException {
+    ContainerInfo info = createContainer();
+    List<ContainerInfo> containers = mapping.getStateManager().getAllContainers();
+    Assert.assertTrue(containers.size() > 0);
+    mapping.flushContainerInfo();
+  }
+
 }