diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
index fae42e861347..27af208725e0 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@ pgpool_attach_node() {
 #########################
 pgpool_healthcheck() {
     info "Checking pgpool health..."
-    if PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT=15 PGPASSWORD="${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql -U "${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_USERNAME}" -d postgres \
-        -h "${PGPOOL_TMP_DIR}" -p "${PGPOOL_PORT_NUMBER}" -tA -c "SHOW pool_nodes;" >/dev/null; then
-        # look up backiends that are marked offline
-        for node in $(PGPASSWORD="${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql -U "${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_USERNAME}" -d postgres \
-            -h "${PGPOOL_TMP_DIR}" -p "${PGPOOL_PORT_NUMBER}" -tA -c "SHOW pool_nodes;" | grep "down" | tr -d ' ' ); do
+    local backends=$(PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT=15 PGPASSWORD="${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql -U "${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_USERNAME}" \
+        -d postgres -h "${PGPOOL_TMP_DIR}" -p "${PGPOOL_PORT_NUMBER}" -tA -c "SHOW pool_nodes;" | tr -d ' ')
+    if [[ "$backends" ]]; then
+        # look up backends that are marked offline
+        for node in $(echo "${backends}" | grep "down"); do
             node_id=$(echo "${node}" | cut -d'|' -f1)
             node_host=$(echo "${node}" | cut -d'|' -f2)
             if [[ $(PGCONNECT_TIMEOUT=3 PGPASSWORD="${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" psql -U "${PGPOOL_POSTGRES_USERNAME}" \