diff --git a/deploy/mongodb/scripts/replicaset-post-start.tpl b/deploy/mongodb/scripts/replicaset-post-start.tpl
index c7697a7d9b9..79c91638b1f 100644
--- a/deploy/mongodb/scripts/replicaset-post-start.tpl
+++ b/deploy/mongodb/scripts/replicaset-post-start.tpl
@@ -15,10 +15,22 @@ PORT={{ $mongodb_port }}
 MONGODB_ROOT={{ $mongodb_root }}
 INDEX=$(echo $KB_POD_NAME | grep -o "\-[0-9]\+\$");
 INDEX=${INDEX#-};
-if [ $INDEX -ne 0 ]; then exit 0; fi
+if [ $INDEX -ne 0 ]; then 
+  exit 0
+fi
 
 until mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "print('I am ready')"; do sleep 1; done
 
+until is_inited=$(mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "rs.status().set" -u root --password $MONGODB_ROOT_PASSWORD || mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "try { rs.status().set } catch (e) { '' }") ; do
+  sleep 1;
+done
+
+echo is_inited: $is_inited
+
+if [ $is_inited ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 RPL_SET_NAME=$(echo $KB_POD_NAME | grep -o ".*-");
 RPL_SET_NAME=${RPL_SET_NAME%-};
 
@@ -40,16 +52,11 @@ done
 CONFIGSVR=""
 if [ ""$IS_CONFIGSVR = "true" ]; then CONFIGSVR="configsvr: true,"; fi
 
-until is_inited=$(mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "rs.status().set" -u root --password $MONGODB_ROOT_PASSWORD || mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "try { rs.status().set } catch (e) { '' }") ; do sleep 1; done
-
-echo is_inited: $is_inited
-if [ -z $is_inited ]; then
-  echo "initiate replset"
-  sleep 10
-  set -e
-  mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \"$RPL_SET_NAME\", $CONFIGSVR members: [$MEMBERS]})";
-  set +e
-fi;
+echo "initiate replset"
+sleep 10
+set -e
+mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \"$RPL_SET_NAME\", $CONFIGSVR members: [$MEMBERS]})";
+set +e
 
 (until mongosh --quiet --port $PORT --eval "rs.isMaster().isWritablePrimary"|grep true; do sleep 1; done;
 mongosh --quiet --port $PORT admin --eval "db.createUser({ user: '$MONGODB_ROOT_USER', pwd: '$MONGODB_ROOT_PASSWORD', roles: [{role: 'root', db: 'admin'}] })") </dev/null  >/dev/null 2>&1 &