diff --git a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
index 608d983a21e..d4bbb66df9e 100644
--- a/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
@@ -697,7 +697,9 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::drop()
 
     if (has_metadata_in_zookeeper)
     {
-        auto zookeeper = tryGetZooKeeper();
+        /// Table can be shut down, restarting thread is not active
+        /// and calling StorageReplicatedMergeTree::getZooKeeper() won't suffice.
+        auto zookeeper = global_context.getZooKeeper();
 
         /// If probably there is metadata in ZooKeeper, we don't allow to drop the table.
         if (is_readonly || !zookeeper)