diff --git a/vmware_nsx/api_replay/client.py b/vmware_nsx/api_replay/client.py
index d6c5154358..8428f64260 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/api_replay/client.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/api_replay/client.py
@@ -1272,6 +1272,10 @@ class ApiReplayClient(utils.PrepareObjectForMigration):
                 # Do nothing
                 pass
 
+            def get_active_loadbalancers(self, **kw):
+                # Do nothing
+                pass
+
         endpoints = [MigrationOctaviaDriverEndpoint]
         access_policy = dispatcher.DefaultRPCAccessPolicy
         self.octavia_rpc_server = messaging.get_rpc_server(
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/octavia/octavia_listener.py b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/octavia/octavia_listener.py
index cc83743bd8..3699a8152b 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/octavia/octavia_listener.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/octavia/octavia_listener.py
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class NSXOctaviaStatisticsCollector(object):
                 LOG.error("Octavia stats collect failed with %s", e)
 
     def collect(self):
-        if not self.core_plugin.octavia_listener:
+        if not self.core_plugin.octavia_listener or cfg.CONF.api_replay_mode:
             LOG.warning("Octavia stats collector cannot run with plugin %s",
                         self.core_plugin)
             return