diff --git a/src/osd/OSD.cc b/src/osd/OSD.cc
index d3b496f69a6..3b20540f53f 100644
--- a/src/osd/OSD.cc
+++ b/src/osd/OSD.cc
@@ -4820,8 +4820,10 @@ void OSDService::share_map(
 	   << name << " " << con->get_peer_addr()
 	   << " " << epoch << dendl;
 
-  assert(osd->is_active() ||
-	 osd->is_stopping());
+  if ((!osd->is_active()) && (!osd->is_stopping())) {
+    /*It is safe not to proceed as OSD is not in healthy state*/
+    return;
+  }
 
   bool want_shared = should_share_map(name, con, epoch,
                                       osdmap, sent_epoch_p);