diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/SCMContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/SCMContainerManager.java
index b7848bd9aa..93abdcc828 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/SCMContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/SCMContainerManager.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class SCMContainerManager implements ContainerManager {
           ContainerInfoProto.PARSER.parseFrom(entry.getValue()));
       Preconditions.checkNotNull(container);
       containerStateManager.loadContainer(container);
-      if (container.isOpen()) {
+      if (container.getState() == LifeCycleState.OPEN) {
         pipelineManager.addContainerToPipeline(container.getPipelineID(),
             ContainerID.valueof(container.getContainerID()));
       }