diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineActionHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineActionHandler.java
index 34e974a0e1d..8d040f1df3f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineActionHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineActionHandler.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class PipelineActionHandler
                   "Reason : {}", action.getAction(), pipeline,
               report.getDatanodeDetails(),
               action.getClosePipeline().getDetailedReason());
+          pipelineManager.finalizeAndDestroyPipeline(pipeline, true);
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
           LOG.error("Could not execute pipeline action={} pipeline={} {}",
               action, pipelineID, ioe);