diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_sync.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_sync.cc
index 1269e55edf2..38f92edb98a 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_sync.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_sync.cc
@@ -1878,6 +1878,10 @@ int RGWRemoteMetaLog::run_sync()
   }
 
   do {
+    if (going_down.read()) {
+      ldout(store->ctx(), 1) << __func__ << "(): going down" << dendl;
+      return 0;
+    }
     r = run(new RGWReadSyncStatusCoroutine(&sync_env, obj_ctx, &sync_status));
     if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT) {
       ldout(store->ctx(), 0) << "ERROR: failed to fetch sync status r=" << r << dendl;