diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
index 6fc13a9b3aa88..06659b9b2f710 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
@@ -267,8 +267,26 @@ private boolean hasRemoteProducers() {
         return foundRemote.get();
     }
 
-    private void startReplProducers() {
-        replicators.forEach((region, replicator) -> replicator.startProducer());
+    public void startReplProducers() {
+        // read repl-cluster from policies to avoid restart of replicator which are in process of disconnect and close
+        try {
+            Policies policies = brokerService.pulsar().getConfigurationCache().policiesCache()
+                    .get(AdminResource.path("policies", DestinationName.get(topic).getNamespace()))
+                    .orElseThrow(() -> new KeeperException.NoNodeException());
+            if (policies.replication_clusters != null) {
+                Set<String> configuredClusters = Sets.newTreeSet(policies.replication_clusters);
+                replicators.forEach((region, replicator) -> {
+                    if (configuredClusters.contains(region)) {
+                        replicator.startProducer();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug("[{}] Error getting policies while starting repl-producers {}", topic, e.getMessage());
+            }
+            replicators.forEach((region, replicator) -> replicator.startProducer());
+        }
     }
 
     public CompletableFuture<Void> stopReplProducers() {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PersistentTopicTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PersistentTopicTest.java
index d3e7517af32de..e8347fba9a4b7 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PersistentTopicTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/PersistentTopicTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -57,8 +60,11 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedgerConfig;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedgerException;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedgerFactory;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.impl.ManagedCursorImpl;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.impl.PositionImpl;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
 import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -69,12 +75,15 @@
 
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.PulsarService;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.ServiceConfiguration;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.admin.AdminResource;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.cache.ConfigurationCacheService;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentDispatcherMultipleConsumers;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentDispatcherSingleActiveConsumer;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentReplicator;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentSubscription;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentTopic;
+import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.CommandSubscribe;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.CommandSubscribe.SubType;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.common.api.proto.PulsarApi.MessageMetadata;
@@ -828,4 +837,62 @@ public void testFailoverSubscription() throws Exception {
 
         assertNull(topic2.getPersistentSubscription(successSubName));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link PersistentReplicator.removeReplicator} doesn't remove replicator in atomic way and does in multiple step:
+     * 1. disconnect replicator producer
+     * <p>
+     * 2. close cursor
+     * <p>
+     * 3. remove from replicator-list.
+     * <p>
+     * 
+     * If we try to startReplicationProducer before step-c finish then it should not avoid restarting repl-producer.
+     * 
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAtomicReplicationRemoval() throws Exception {
+        final String globalTopicName = "persistent://prop/global/ns-abc/successTopic";
+        String localCluster = "local";
+        String remoteCluster = "remote";
+        final ManagedLedger ledgerMock = mock(ManagedLedger.class);
+        doNothing().when(ledgerMock).asyncDeleteCursor(anyObject(), anyObject(), anyObject());
+        doReturn(new ArrayList<Object>()).when(ledgerMock).getCursors();
+
+        PersistentTopic topic = new PersistentTopic(globalTopicName, ledgerMock, brokerService);
+        String remoteReplicatorName = topic.replicatorPrefix + "." + remoteCluster;
+        ConcurrentOpenHashMap<String, PersistentReplicator> replicatorMap = topic.getReplicators();
+        ;
+        final URL brokerUrl = new URL(
+                "http://" + pulsar.getAdvertisedAddress() + ":" + pulsar.getConfiguration().getBrokerServicePort());
+        PulsarClient client = PulsarClient.create(brokerUrl.toString());
+        ManagedCursor cursor = mock(ManagedCursorImpl.class);
+        doReturn(remoteCluster).when(cursor).getName();
+        brokerService.getReplicationClients().put(remoteCluster, client);
+        PersistentReplicator replicator = spy(
+                new PersistentReplicator(topic, cursor, localCluster, remoteCluster, brokerService));
+        replicatorMap.put(remoteReplicatorName, replicator);
+
+        // step-1 remove replicator : it will disconnect the producer but it will wait for callback to be completed
+        Method removeMethod = PersistentTopic.class.getDeclaredMethod("removeReplicator", String.class);
+        removeMethod.setAccessible(true);
+        removeMethod.invoke(topic, remoteReplicatorName);
+
+        // step-2 now, policies doesn't have removed replication cluster so, it should not invoke "startProducer" of the
+        // replicator
+        when(pulsar.getConfigurationCache().policiesCache()
+                .get(AdminResource.path("policies", DestinationName.get(globalTopicName).getNamespace())))
+                        .thenReturn(Optional.of(new Policies()));
+        // try to start replicator again
+        topic.startReplProducers();
+        // verify: replicator.startProducer is not invoked
+        verify(replicator, Mockito.times(0)).startProducer();
+
+        // step-3 : complete the callback to remove replicator from the list
+        ArgumentCaptor<DeleteCursorCallback> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(DeleteCursorCallback.class);
+        Mockito.verify(ledgerMock).asyncDeleteCursor(anyObject(), captor.capture(), anyObject());
+        DeleteCursorCallback callback = captor.getValue();
+        callback.deleteCursorComplete(null);
+    }
 }