diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelImpl.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelImpl.java
index 3cf16709cde1b..bd7e032a24a0c 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelImpl.java
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ protected void monitorOwnerships(List<String> brokers) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (now - stateData.timestamp() > semiTerminalStateWaitingTimeInMillis) {
+            if (!isActiveState(state) && now - stateData.timestamp() > semiTerminalStateWaitingTimeInMillis) {
                 log.info("Found semi-terminal states to tombstone"
                         + " serviceUnit:{}, stateData:{}", serviceUnit, stateData);
                 tombstoneAsync(serviceUnit).whenComplete((__, e) -> {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelTest.java
index 1da7059bf49ce..acf87ec750007 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/loadbalance/extensions/channel/ServiceUnitStateChannelTest.java
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ public void splitAndRetryTest() throws Exception {
         var leader = channel1.isChannelOwnerAsync().get() ? channel1 : channel2;
         validateMonitorCounters(leader,
                 0,
-                3,
+                1,
                 0,
                 0,
                 0,
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ public void splitAndRetryFailureTest() throws Exception {
 
         validateMonitorCounters(leader,
                 0,
-                3,
+                1,
                 1,
                 0,
                 0,