diff --git a/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/TestReplicationScenarios.java b/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/TestReplicationScenarios.java
index 068119f11bb0..25ed854772ab 100644
--- a/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/TestReplicationScenarios.java
+++ b/itests/hive-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/TestReplicationScenarios.java
@@ -4685,12 +4685,12 @@ public void testReplicationMetricForFailedIteration() throws Throwable {
       verifyFail("REPL DUMP " + primaryDbName, driver);
 
       metric = collector.getMetrics().getLast();
-      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.SKIPPED);
+      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.FAILED_ADMIN);
       assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStages().get(0).getErrorLogPath(), nonRecoverableFile.toString());
 
       verifyFail("REPL DUMP " + primaryDbName, driver);
       metric = collector.getMetrics().getLast();
-      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.SKIPPED);
+      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.FAILED_ADMIN);
       assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStages().get(0).getErrorLogPath(), nonRecoverableFile.toString());
 
       fs.delete(nonRecoverableFile, true);
@@ -4713,7 +4713,7 @@ public void testReplicationMetricForFailedIteration() throws Throwable {
       verifyFail("REPL LOAD " + primaryDbName + " INTO " + replicaDbName, driverMirror);
 
       metric = collector.getMetrics().getLast();
-      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.SKIPPED);
+      assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStatus(), Status.FAILED_ADMIN);
       assertEquals(metric.getProgress().getStages().get(0).getErrorLogPath(), nonRecoverableFile.toString());
     } finally {
       isMetricsEnabledForTests(false);
diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/repl/ReplDumpTask.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/repl/ReplDumpTask.java
index 4100bbccab5d..3f9a1afb3a1e 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/repl/ReplDumpTask.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/repl/ReplDumpTask.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public int execute() {
         if (ReplUtils.failedWithNonRecoverableError(latestDumpPath, conf)) {
           LOG.error("Previous dump failed with non recoverable error. Needs manual intervention. ");
           Path nonRecoverableFile = new Path(latestDumpPath, NON_RECOVERABLE_MARKER.toString());
-          ReplUtils.reportStatusInReplicationMetrics(getName(), Status.SKIPPED, nonRecoverableFile.toString(), conf,  work.dbNameOrPattern, null);
+          ReplUtils.reportStatusInReplicationMetrics(getName(), Status.FAILED_ADMIN, nonRecoverableFile.toString(), conf,  work.dbNameOrPattern, null);
           setException(new SemanticException(ErrorMsg.REPL_FAILED_WITH_NON_RECOVERABLE_ERROR.format()));
           return ErrorMsg.REPL_FAILED_WITH_NON_RECOVERABLE_ERROR.getErrorCode();
         }
diff --git a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/ReplicationSemanticAnalyzer.java b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/ReplicationSemanticAnalyzer.java
index 6a91e7b4e3db..a43dc67fc83e 100644
--- a/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/ReplicationSemanticAnalyzer.java
+++ b/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/ReplicationSemanticAnalyzer.java
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ private void analyzeReplLoad(ASTNode ast) throws SemanticException {
               .getEncodedDumpRootPath(conf, sourceDbNameOrPattern.toLowerCase()), conf);
       if (ReplUtils.failedWithNonRecoverableError(latestDumpPath, conf)) {
         Path nonRecoverableFile = new Path(latestDumpPath, ReplAck.NON_RECOVERABLE_MARKER.toString());
-        ReplUtils.reportStatusInReplicationMetrics("REPL_LOAD", Status.SKIPPED,
+        ReplUtils.reportStatusInReplicationMetrics("REPL_LOAD", Status.FAILED_ADMIN,
                 nonRecoverableFile.toString(), conf,  sourceDbNameOrPattern, null);
         throw new Exception(ErrorMsg.REPL_FAILED_WITH_NON_RECOVERABLE_ERROR.getMsg());
       }