diff --git a/creator-node/src/services/stateMachineManager/stateReconciliation/updateReplicaSet.jobProcessor.ts b/creator-node/src/services/stateMachineManager/stateReconciliation/updateReplicaSet.jobProcessor.ts
index da9ea835c93..4644eb0ccde 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/services/stateMachineManager/stateReconciliation/updateReplicaSet.jobProcessor.ts
+++ b/creator-node/src/services/stateMachineManager/stateReconciliation/updateReplicaSet.jobProcessor.ts
@@ -596,6 +596,19 @@ const _issueUpdateReplicaSetOp = async (
       response.result = UpdateReplicaSetJobResult.SuccessIssueReconfigDisabled
       return response
     }
+    /**
+     * TODO: Remove this after rollout. This is an extra gating condition that only applies to primary reconfigs:
+     * ONLY issue reconfigs of primaries when the cause of the reconfig is that the primary endpoint was deregistered or changed.
+     */
+    const primaryExistsOnChain =
+      ContentNodeInfoManager.getCNodeEndpointToSpIdMap().hasOwnProperty(primary)
+    const isPrimaryReconfig =
+      reconfigType === RECONFIG_MODES.PRIMARY_AND_OR_SECONDARIES
+    const shouldSkipPrimaryReconfig = isPrimaryReconfig && primaryExistsOnChain
+    if (shouldSkipPrimaryReconfig) {
+      response.result = UpdateReplicaSetJobResult.SuccessIssueReconfigDisabled
+      return response
+    }
 
     // Create new array of replica set spIds and write to URSM
     for (const endpt of newReplicaSetEndpoints) {