diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 105791b4c3..b965262714 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ Merged from 2.2:
  * Forward writes to replacement node when replace_address != broadcast_address (CASSANDRA-8523)
  * Fail repair on non-existing table (CASSANDRA-12279)
  * Enable repair -pr and -local together (fix regression of CASSANDRA-7450) (CASSANDRA-12522)
+ * Split consistent range movement flag correction (CASSANDRA-12786)
 Merged from 2.1:
  * Don't skip sstables based on maxLocalDeletionTime (CASSANDRA-12765)
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
index 2e225d58ed..1475570cc8 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ public class StorageService extends NotificationBroadcasterSupport implements IE
 
             logger.debug("... got ring + schema info");
 
-            if (useStrictConsistency &&
+            if (useStrictConsistency && !allowSimultaneousMoves() &&
                     (
                         tokenMetadata.getBootstrapTokens().valueSet().size() > 0 ||
                         tokenMetadata.getLeavingEndpoints().size() > 0 ||