diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
index d7bb0bc..3e9e709 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
           "SCM bootstrap command can only be executed in non-Primordial SCM "
               + "{}, self id {} "
               + "Ignoring it.", primordialSCM, selfNodeId);
-      return false;
+      return true;
     }
     OzoneConfiguration config =
         SCMHAUtils.removeSelfId(conf,
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
           "SCM init command can only be executed in Primordial SCM {}, "
               + "self id {} "
               + "Ignoring it.", primordialSCM, selfNodeId);
-      return false;
+      return true;
     }
     if (state != StorageState.INITIALIZED) {
       try {
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
index 1a60067..591be84 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/TestStorageContainerManagerHA.java
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@
         scm1.getSCMNodeId());
     conf2.set(ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_PRIMORDIAL_NODE_ID_KEY,
         scm1.getSCMNodeId());
-    Assert.assertFalse(StorageContainerManager.scmBootstrap(conf1));
+    Assert.assertTrue(StorageContainerManager.scmBootstrap(conf1));
     scm1.getScmHAManager().shutdown();
     Assert.assertTrue(
         StorageContainerManager.scmInit(conf1, scm1.getClusterId()));
     Assert.assertTrue(StorageContainerManager.scmBootstrap(conf2));
-    Assert.assertFalse(
+    Assert.assertTrue(
         StorageContainerManager.scmInit(conf2, scm2.getClusterId()));
   }
 }