diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitor.scala
index 4939dab5702a7..4af55d86eed3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitor.scala
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ private[spark] class ExecutorMonitor(
   }
 
   override def onBlockUpdated(event: SparkListenerBlockUpdated): Unit = {
+    if (!client.isExecutorActive(event.blockUpdatedInfo.blockManagerId.executorId)) {
+      return
+    }
+
     val exec = ensureExecutorIsTracked(event.blockUpdatedInfo.blockManagerId.executorId,
       UNKNOWN_RESOURCE_PROFILE_ID)
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitorSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitorSuite.scala
index 69afdb57ef404..424c9670c10ba 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitorSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/dynalloc/ExecutorMonitorSuite.scala
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ class ExecutorMonitorSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("keeps track of stored blocks for each rdd and split") {
+    knownExecs ++= Set("1", "2")
+
     monitor.onExecutorAdded(SparkListenerExecutorAdded(clock.getTimeMillis(), "1", execInfo))
 
     monitor.onBlockUpdated(rddUpdate(1, 0, "1"))
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ class ExecutorMonitorSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("SPARK-27677: don't track blocks stored on disk when using shuffle service") {
+    knownExecs += "1"
     // First make sure that blocks on disk are counted when no shuffle service is available.
     monitor.onExecutorAdded(SparkListenerExecutorAdded(clock.getTimeMillis(), "1", execInfo))
     monitor.onBlockUpdated(rddUpdate(1, 0, "1", level = StorageLevel.DISK_ONLY))
@@ -443,6 +446,22 @@ class ExecutorMonitorSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(monitor.timedOutExecutors(idleDeadline).isEmpty)
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-37688: ignore SparkListenerBlockUpdated event if executor was not active") {
+    conf
+      .set(DYN_ALLOCATION_SHUFFLE_TRACKING_TIMEOUT, Long.MaxValue)
+      .set(DYN_ALLOCATION_SHUFFLE_TRACKING_ENABLED, true)
+      .set(SHUFFLE_SERVICE_ENABLED, false)
+    monitor = new ExecutorMonitor(conf, client, null, clock, allocationManagerSource())
+
+    monitor.onExecutorAdded(SparkListenerExecutorAdded(clock.getTimeMillis(), "1", execInfo))
+    monitor.onExecutorRemoved(SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(clock.getTimeMillis(), "1",
+      "heartbeats timeout"))
+    monitor.onBlockUpdated(rddUpdate(1, 1, "1", level = StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK))
+
+    assert(monitor.executorCount == 0 )
+  }
+
+
   private def idleDeadline: Long = clock.nanoTime() + idleTimeoutNs + 1
   private def storageDeadline: Long = clock.nanoTime() + storageTimeoutNs + 1
   private def shuffleDeadline: Long = clock.nanoTime() + shuffleTimeoutNs + 1