diff --git a/src/mds/MDSRankQuiesce.cc b/src/mds/MDSRankQuiesce.cc
index 27425497b14..0b753865698 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDSRankQuiesce.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDSRankQuiesce.cc
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ void MDSRank::quiesce_cluster_update() {
 
   for (auto&& [gid, info] : mdsmap->get_mds_info()) {
     // if it has a rank and state <= ACTIVE, it's good enough
-    if (info.rank != MDS_RANK_NONE && info.state <= MDSMap::STATE_ACTIVE) {
+    // if (info.rank != MDS_RANK_NONE && info.state <= MDSMap::STATE_ACTIVE) {
+    if (info.rank != MDS_RANK_NONE && info.state == MDSMap::STATE_ACTIVE) {
       member_info.push(&info);
       membership.members.insert(info.global_id);
     }
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
index e75a5765902..16cad364182 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ class MgrModule(ceph_module.BaseMgrModule, MgrModuleLoggingMixin):
                         state_ord = self.MDS_STATE_ORD.get(info['state'])
                         leader_state_ord = self.MDS_STATE_ORD.get(leader_info['state'])
 
-                        if state_ord <= self.MDS_STATE_ACTIVE_ORD and state_ord > leader_state_ord:
+                        if state_ord == self.MDS_STATE_ACTIVE_ORD and state_ord > leader_state_ord:
                             leader_info = info
             break