diff --git a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_stop.sh.tpl b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_stop.sh.tpl
index 8e4a3d59b..3f564e88d 100644
--- a/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_stop.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-mon/templates/bin/mon/_stop.sh.tpl
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 set -ex
 
 NUMBER_OF_MONS=$(ceph mon stat | awk '$3 == "mons" {print $2}')
-if [ "${NUMBER_OF_MONS}" -gt "1" ]; then
+if [[ "${NUMBER_OF_MONS}" -gt "3" ]]; then
   if [[ ${K8S_HOST_NETWORK} -eq 0 ]]; then
       ceph mon remove "${POD_NAME}"
   else
       ceph mon remove "${NODE_NAME}"
   fi
 else
-  echo "we are the last mon, not removing"
+  echo "doing nothing since we are running less than or equal to 3 mons"
 fi