diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
index 9e68b5e16ef..bf680950f63 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageReplicatedMergeTree.cpp
@@ -1970,26 +1970,19 @@ bool StorageReplicatedMergeTree::cloneReplica(const String & source_replica, zku
 
     /// The order of the following three actions is important. Entries in the log can be duplicated, but they can not be lost.
 
-    /// Copy reference to the log from `reference/master` replica.
-    zkutil::Requests rec;
-
     /// We must check is_active and set log_pointer atomically in order to cleanupThread can not clear log with our log_pointer.
-    rec.push_back(zkutil::makeCheckRequest(source_path + "/is_active", 0));
-    rec.push_back(zkutil::makeSetRequest(replica_path + "/log_pointer", zookeeper->get(source_path + "/log_pointer"), -1));
+    zookeeper->set(replica_path + "/log_pointer", zookeeper->get(source_path + "/log_pointer"), -1);
 
-    try
-    {
-        zookeeper->multi(rec);
-    }
-    catch (const zkutil::KeeperException & e)
-    {
-        if (e.code == ZooKeeperImpl::ZooKeeper::ZBADVERSION)
-            return false;
-        else
-            throw e;
-    }
+    String raw_log_pointer = zookeeper->get(replica_path + "/log_pointer");
 
-    zookeeper->set(replica_path + "/log_pointer", zookeeper->get(source_path + "/log_pointer"));
+    Strings entries = zookeeper->getChildren(zookeeper_path + "/log");
+
+    if (!entries.empty())
+        return false;
+
+    std::sort(entries.begin(), entries.end());
+    if ("log-" + padIndex(parse<UInt64>(raw_log_pointer)) < entries[0])
+        return false;
 
     /// Let's remember the queue of the reference/master replica.
     Strings source_queue_names = zookeeper->getChildren(source_path + "/queue");
@@ -2058,7 +2051,8 @@ void StorageReplicatedMergeTree::cloneReplicaIfNeeded()
             for (const String & replica_name : zookeeper->getChildren(zookeeper_path + "/replicas"))
             {
                 String source_replica_path = zookeeper_path + "/replicas/" + replica_name;
-                if (source_replica_path != replica_path && zookeeper->exists(source_replica_path + "/is_active") && !(zookeeper->get(source_replica_path + "/log_pointer").empty()))
+                String source_log_pointer_raw = zookeeper->get(source_replica_path + "/log_pointer");
+                if ((source_replica_path != replica_path) && (!source_log_pointer_raw.empty()) && ("log-" + padIndex(parse<UInt64>(source_log_pointer_raw) >= entries[0]))
                     source_replica = replica_name;
             }
         }