diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 50468e62f..943f839ba 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -4748,7 +4748,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::update_group_replication_set_writer(char *_hostna
 	char *query=NULL;
 	char *q=NULL;
 	char *error=NULL;
-	q=(char *)"SELECT hostgroup_id, status FROM mysql_servers JOIN mysql_group_replication_hostgroups ON hostgroup_id=writer_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=reader_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=backup_writer_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=offline_hostgroup WHERE hostname='%s' AND port=%d AND status<>3";
+	q=(char *)"SELECT hostgroup_id, status FROM mysql_servers JOIN mysql_group_replication_hostgroups ON hostgroup_id=writer_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=reader_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=backup_writer_hostgroup OR hostgroup_id=offline_hostgroup WHERE hostname='%s' AND port=%d AND status<>3 AND status <>2";
 	query=(char *)malloc(strlen(q)+strlen(_hostname)+32);
 	sprintf(query,q,_hostname,_port);
   mydb->execute_statement(query, &error, &cols , &affected_rows , &resultset);