diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodePeer.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodePeer.c
index fe8b7442e040aa1866c6a1fa7722df68bd3695f5..7fe8225f1b5088be888b6000204ecff0766284f8 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodePeer.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodePeer.c
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ void dnodeCleanupClient() {
 }
 
 static void dnodeProcessRspFromDnode(SRpcMsg *pMsg, SRpcEpSet *pEpSet) {
+  if (dnodeGetRunStatus() != TSDB_RUN_STATUS_RUNING) {
+    rpcFreeCont(pMsg->pCont);
+    dDebug("RPC %p, msg:%s is ignored since dnode not running", pMsg->handle, taosMsg[pMsg->msgType]);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (pMsg->msgType == TSDB_MSG_TYPE_DM_STATUS_RSP && pEpSet) {
     dnodeUpdateEpSetForPeer(pEpSet);
   }