diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 9332dc11..e33524e4 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ func (app *App) calcActiveNodes(clusterState, clusterStateDcs map[string]*NodeSt
 	return activeNodes, nil
 }
 
-func (app *App) calcActiveNodesChanges(clusterState map[string]*NodeState, activeNodes []string, master string) (becomeActive, becomeInactive []string, err error) {
+func (app *App) calcActiveNodesChanges(clusterState map[string]*NodeState, activeNodes []string, oldActiveNodes []string, master string) (becomeActive, becomeInactive []string, err error) {
 	masterNode := app.cluster.Get(master)
 	var syncReplicas []string
 	var deadReplicas []string
@@ -912,6 +912,13 @@ func (app *App) calcActiveNodesChanges(clusterState map[string]*NodeState, activ
 	becomeActive = filterOut(filterOut(activeNodes, syncReplicas), deadReplicas)
 	becomeInactive = filterOut(syncReplicas, activeNodes)
 
+	if len(oldActiveNodes) == 1 && oldActiveNodes[0] == master && len(becomeActive) == 0 {
+		// When replicas with semi-sync enabled returns to lone master,
+		// we should mark all of them as "become active" to restart replication
+		// because master may become stuck otherwise
+		becomeActive = append(becomeActive, activeNodes...)
+	}
+
 	if len(becomeActive) > 0 {
 		// Some replicas are going to become semi-sync.
 		// We need to check that they downloaded (not replayed) almost all binary logs,
@@ -973,7 +980,7 @@ func (app *App) updateActiveNodes(clusterState, clusterStateDcs map[string]*Node
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	becomeActive, becomeInactive, err := app.calcActiveNodesChanges(clusterState, activeNodes, master)
+	becomeActive, becomeInactive, err := app.calcActiveNodesChanges(clusterState, activeNodes, oldActiveNodes, master)
 	if err != nil {
 		app.logger.Errorf("update active nodes: failed to calc active nodes changes: %v", err)
 		return err