diff --git a/cmd/site-replication.go b/cmd/site-replication.go
index db724b32f..279185331 100644
--- a/cmd/site-replication.go
+++ b/cmd/site-replication.go
@@ -6095,8 +6095,11 @@ func mergeWithCurrentLCConfig(ctx context.Context, bucket string, expLCCfg *stri
 		// else simply add to the map. This may happen if ILM expiry replication
 		// was disabled for sometime and rules were updated independently in different
 		// sites. Latest changes would get applied but merge only the non transition details
-		if _, ok := rMap[id]; ok {
-			rMap[id] = rl.CloneNonTransition()
+		if existingRl, ok := rMap[id]; ok {
+			clonedRl := rl.CloneNonTransition()
+			clonedRl.Transition = existingRl.Transition
+			clonedRl.NoncurrentVersionTransition = existingRl.NoncurrentVersionTransition
+			rMap[id] = clonedRl
 		} else {
 			rMap[id] = rl
 		}
diff --git a/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh b/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
index 256277400..1830f3b94 100755
--- a/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
+++ b/docs/bucket/replication/setup_ilm_expiry_replication.sh
@@ -109,6 +109,25 @@ if [ $count -ne 1 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+## Check replication of rules content
+expDays=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Expiration.Days')
+noncurrentDays=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].NoncurrentVersionExpiration.NoncurrentDays')
+if [ $expDays -ne 3 ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Incorrect expiry days '${expDays}' set for 'siteb'"
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [ $noncurrentDays -ne 2 ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Incorrect non current expiry days '${noncurrentDays}' set for siteb"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+## Make sure transition rule not replicated to siteb
+tranDays=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Transition.Days')
+if [ "${tranDays}" != "null" ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Transition rules as well copied to siteb"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 ## Check replication of rules prefix and tags
 prefix=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Filter.And.Prefix' | sed 's/"//g')
 tagName1=$(./mc ilm rule list siteb/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Filter.And.Tags[0].Key' | sed 's/"//g')
@@ -183,6 +202,13 @@ if [ $count2 -ne 888 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+## Check to make sure sitea transition rule is not overwritten
+transDays=$(./mc ilm rule list sitea/bucket --json | jq '.config.Rules[0].Transition.Days')
+if [ $transDays -ne 0 ] || [ "${transDays}" == "null" ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Transition rule on sitea seems to be overwritten"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 ## Check replication of edit of prefix, tags and status of ILM Expiry Rules
 ./mc ilm rule edit --id "${id}" --prefix "newprefix" --tags "ntag1=nval1&ntag2=nval2" --disable sitea/bucket
 sleep 30