diff --git a/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet.cpp b/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet.cpp
index 4325d568b55fe3..be529b37dd9f5c 100644
--- a/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet.cpp
+++ b/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet.cpp
@@ -864,9 +864,6 @@ Status CloudTablet::sync_meta() {
         }
         return st;
     }
-    if (tablet_meta->tablet_state() != TABLET_RUNNING) { // impossible
-        return Status::InternalError("invalid tablet state. tablet_id={}", tablet_id());
-    }
 
     auto new_ttl_seconds = tablet_meta->ttl_seconds();
     if (_tablet_meta->ttl_seconds() != new_ttl_seconds) {
diff --git a/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet_mgr.cpp b/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet_mgr.cpp
index e7a7d254f3fa89..f60d0eeb5ba0dd 100644
--- a/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet_mgr.cpp
+++ b/be/src/cloud/cloud_tablet_mgr.cpp
@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ void CloudTabletMgr::sync_tablets(const CountDownLatch& stop_latch) {
 
     for (auto& weak_tablet : weak_tablets) {
         if (auto tablet = weak_tablet.lock()) {
-            if (tablet->tablet_state() != TABLET_RUNNING) {
-                continue;
-            }
             int64_t last_sync_time = tablet->last_sync_time_s;
             if (last_sync_time <= last_sync_time_bound) {
                 sync_time_tablet_set.emplace(last_sync_time, weak_tablet);