diff --git a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
index ca6935ce0..26ba62654 100644
--- a/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
+++ b/internal/rbd/replicationcontrollerserver.go
@@ -616,9 +616,8 @@ func (rs *ReplicationServer) PromoteVolume(ctx context.Context,
 }
 
 // checkHealthyPrimary checks if the image is a healhty primary or not.
-// healthy primary image will be in up+stopped state in local cluster and
-// up+replaying in the remote clusters, for states other than this it returns
-// an error message.
+// healthy primary image will be in up+stopped state, for states other
+// than this it returns an error message.
 func checkHealthyPrimary(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume) error {
 	mirrorStatus, err := rbdVol.getImageMirroringStatus()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -642,26 +641,6 @@ func checkHealthyPrimary(ctx context.Context, rbdVol *rbdVolume) error {
 			localStatus.State)
 	}
 
-	// Remote image should be in up+replaying state.
-	for _, s := range mirrorStatus.SiteStatuses {
-		log.UsefulLog(
-			ctx,
-			"peer site mirrorUUID=%q, daemon up=%t, mirroring state=%q, description=%q and lastUpdate=%d",
-			s.MirrorUUID,
-			s.Up,
-			s.State,
-			s.Description,
-			s.LastUpdate)
-		if s.MirrorUUID != "" {
-			if !s.Up && s.State != librbd.MirrorImageStatusStateReplaying {
-				return fmt.Errorf("remote image %s is not healthy. State is up=%t, state=%q",
-					rbdVol,
-					s.Up,
-					s.State)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }