diff --git a/common/consumer_table_pops.lua b/common/consumer_table_pops.lua
index ee00fe240..172993bd9 100644
--- a/common/consumer_table_pops.lua
+++ b/common/consumer_table_pops.lua
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ for i = n, 1, -3 do
    end
    table.insert(rets, ret)
 
-   if op == 'bulkset' or op == 'bulkcreate' or op == 'bulkremove' then
+   if ARGV[2] == "0" then
+       -- do nothing, we don't want to modify redis during pop
+   elseif op == 'bulkset' or op == 'bulkcreate' or op == 'bulkremove' then
 
 -- key is "OBJECT_TYPE:num", extract object type from key
        key = key:sub(1, string.find(key, ':') - 1)
diff --git a/common/consumertable.cpp b/common/consumertable.cpp
index 8d0f3531b..fa340f88f 100644
--- a/common/consumertable.cpp
+++ b/common/consumertable.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace swss {
 ConsumerTable::ConsumerTable(DBConnector *db, const string &tableName, int popBatchSize, int pri)
     : ConsumerTableBase(db, tableName, popBatchSize, pri)
     , TableName_KeyValueOpQueues(tableName)
+    , m_modifyRedis(true)
 {
     std::string luaScript = loadLuaScript("consumer_table_pops.lua");
     m_shaPop = loadRedisScript(db, luaScript);
@@ -39,15 +40,23 @@ ConsumerTable::ConsumerTable(DBConnector *db, const string &tableName, int popBa
     setQueueLength(len/3);
 }
 
+void ConsumerTable::setModifyRedis(bool modify)
+{
+    SWSS_LOG_ENTER();
+
+    m_modifyRedis = modify;
+}
+
 void ConsumerTable::pops(deque<KeyOpFieldsValuesTuple> &vkco, const string &prefix)
 {
     RedisCommand command;
     command.format(
-        "EVALSHA %s 2 %s %s %d ''",
+        "EVALSHA %s 2 %s %s %d %d",
         m_shaPop.c_str(),
         getKeyValueOpQueueTableName().c_str(),
         (prefix+getTableName()).c_str(),
-        POP_BATCH_SIZE);
+        POP_BATCH_SIZE,
+        m_modifyRedis ? 1 : 0);
 
     RedisReply r(m_db, command, REDIS_REPLY_ARRAY);
 
diff --git a/common/consumertable.h b/common/consumertable.h
index f56b78963..449fa2984 100644
--- a/common/consumertable.h
+++ b/common/consumertable.h
@@ -18,8 +18,19 @@ class ConsumerTable : public ConsumerTableBase, public TableName_KeyValueOpQueue
     /* Get multiple pop elements */
     void pops(std::deque<KeyOpFieldsValuesTuple> &vkco, const std::string &prefix = EMPTY_PREFIX);
 
+    void setModifyRedis(bool modify);
 private:
     std::string m_shaPop;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Modify Redis database.
+     *
+     * If set to false, will not make changes to database during POPs operation.
+     * This will be utilized during synchronous mode.
+     *
+     * Default is true.
+     */
+    bool m_modifyRedis;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/redis_ut.cpp b/tests/redis_ut.cpp
index 351935e9c..02d133ed8 100644
--- a/tests/redis_ut.cpp
+++ b/tests/redis_ut.cpp
@@ -786,6 +786,45 @@ TEST(ProducerConsumer, PopEmpty)
     EXPECT_EQ(fvs.size(), 0U);
 }
 
+TEST(ProducerConsumer, PopNoModify)
+{
+    clearDB();
+
+    std::string tableName = "tableName";
+
+    DBConnector db("TEST_DB", 0, true);
+    ProducerTable p(&db, tableName);
+
+    std::vector<FieldValueTuple> values;
+
+    FieldValueTuple fv("f", "v");
+    values.push_back(fv);
+
+    p.set("key", values, "set");
+
+    ConsumerTable c(&db, tableName);
+
+    c.setModifyRedis(false);
+
+    std::string key;
+    std::string op;
+    std::vector<FieldValueTuple> fvs;
+
+    c.pop(key, op, fvs); //, "prefixNoMod_");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(key, "key");
+    EXPECT_EQ(op, "set");
+    EXPECT_EQ(fvField(fvs[0]), "f");
+    EXPECT_EQ(fvValue(fvs[0]), "v");
+
+    Table t(&db, tableName);
+
+    string value_got;
+    bool r = t.hget("key", "f", value_got);
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(r);
+}
+
 TEST(ProducerConsumer, ConsumerSelectWithInitData)
 {
     clearDB();