diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
index 4135f35..dde2371 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/replication/NcLifecycleCoordinator.java
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@
 
     private void notifyFailedReplica(IClusterStateManager clusterManager, String nodeID,
             InetSocketAddress replicaAddress) {
+        if (!replicationEnabled) {
+            return;
+        }
         LOGGER.info("notify replica failure of nodeId {} at {}", nodeID, replicaAddress);
         Set<String> ncs = clusterManager.getParticipantNodes(true);
         ReplicaFailedMessage message =