diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 8545fbc5280..ee32813cbf1 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-13318: Fix ClassCastException in SolrJ JsonFaceting classes (Munendra S N via Jason Gerlowski)
 
+* SOLR-13449: SolrClientNodeStateProvider always retries on requesting metrics from other nodes (Cao Manh Dat)
+
 Improvements
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/SolrClientNodeStateProvider.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/SolrClientNodeStateProvider.java
index f164484b038..a1f507cf52e 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/SolrClientNodeStateProvider.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/SolrClientNodeStateProvider.java
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ public class SolrClientNodeStateProvider implements NodeStateProvider, MapWriter
       while (cnt++ < 3) {
         try {
           rsp = ctx.invoke(solrNode, CommonParams.METRICS_PATH, params);
+          break;
         } catch (SolrException | SolrServerException | IOException e) {
           boolean hasCauseIOException = false;
           Throwable cause = e;
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ public class SolrClientNodeStateProvider implements NodeStateProvider, MapWriter
         while (cnt++ < retries) {
           try {
             rsp = snitchContext.invoke(solrNode, CommonParams.METRICS_PATH, params);
+            break;
           } catch (SolrException | SolrServerException | IOException e) {
             if (e instanceof SolrServerException) {