diff --git a/exec/ckpt.c b/exec/ckpt.c
index b1f504a3..84c7ff33 100644
--- a/exec/ckpt.c
+++ b/exec/ckpt.c
@@ -3233,11 +3233,19 @@ static int message_handler_req_lib_ckpt_sectionread (struct conn_info *conn_info
 
 static int message_handler_req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize (struct conn_info *conn_info, void *message)
 {
+	struct req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize *req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize = (struct req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize *)message;
 	struct res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize;
+	struct saCkptCheckpoint *checkpoint;
+
+	checkpoint = ckpt_checkpoint_find_global (&req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize->checkpointName);
+	if (checkpoint->active_replica_set == 1) {
+		res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.error = SA_AIS_OK;
+	} else {
+		res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.error = SA_AIS_ERR_NOT_EXIST;
+	}
 
 	res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.size = sizeof (struct res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize);
 	res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.id = MESSAGE_RES_CKPT_CHECKPOINT_CHECKPOINTSYNCHRONIZE;
-	res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.error = SA_AIS_OK;
 
 	libais_send_response (conn_info,
 		&res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize,
diff --git a/include/ipc_ckpt.h b/include/ipc_ckpt.h
index c5352fb8..25de66cf 100644
--- a/include/ipc_ckpt.h
+++ b/include/ipc_ckpt.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct res_lib_ckpt_sectionread {
 
 struct req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize {
 	struct req_header header;
+	SaNameT checkpointName;
 };
 
 struct res_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize {
diff --git a/lib/ckpt.c b/lib/ckpt.c
index f4c97add..3229ab50 100644
--- a/lib/ckpt.c
+++ b/lib/ckpt.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,8 @@ saCkptCheckpointSynchronize (
 
 	req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.size = sizeof (struct req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize); 
 	req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.header.id = MESSAGE_REQ_CKPT_CHECKPOINT_CHECKPOINTSYNCHRONIZE;
+	memcpy (&req_lib_ckpt_checkpointsynchronize.checkpointName,
+		&ckptCheckpointInstance->checkpointName, sizeof (SaNameT));
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock (&ckptCheckpointInstance->response_mutex);