diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 85237f1a..2426bc12 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -1210,15 +1210,8 @@ func (app *App) performSwitchover(clusterState map[string]*NodeState, activeNode
 		// in case node is a master
 
 		if app.config.ForceSwitchover {
-			err := node.SetOffline()
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("switchover: failed to set node %s offline: %v", host, err)
-			}
-
-			err = node.SemiSyncDisable()
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("switchover: failed to disable semi-sync on node %s: %v", host, err)
-			}
+			node.SetOfflineForce()
+			defer node.SetOnline()
 		}
 
 		err := node.SetReadOnly(true)
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index d4d3c8d6..88837a7b 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ReplMonErrorWaitInterval                time.Duration                `config:"repl_mon_error_wait_interval" yaml:"repl_mon_error_wait_interval"`
 	ReplMonSlaveWaitInterval                time.Duration                `config:"repl_mon_slave_wait_interval" yaml:"repl_mon_slave_wait_interval"`
 	ShowOnlyGTIDDiff                        bool                         `config:"show_only_gtid_diff" yaml:"show_only_gtid_diff"`
-	ForceSwitchover                         bool                         `config:"force_switchover" yaml:"force_switchover"`
+	ForceSwitchover                         bool                         `config:"force_switchover" yaml:"force_switchover"` // TODO: Remove when we will be sure it's right way to do switchover
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig returns default configuration for MySync
diff --git a/internal/mysql/node.go b/internal/mysql/node.go
index 4475e56a..94b01937 100644
--- a/internal/mysql/node.go
+++ b/internal/mysql/node.go
@@ -833,6 +833,20 @@ func (n *Node) SetOnline() error {
 	return n.exec(queryDisableOfflineMode, nil)
 }
 
+func (n *Node) SetOfflineForce() error {
+	err := n.SemiSyncDisable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to disable semi-sync on node %s: %v", n.host, err)
+	}
+
+	err = n.SetOffline()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set node %s offline: %v", n.host, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ChangeMaster changes master of MySQL Node, demoting it to slave
 func (n *Node) ChangeMaster(host string) error {
 	useSsl := 0