diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/controller/KafkaController.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/controller/KafkaController.scala
index b4a205fb66fb..00851d6ca248 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/controller/KafkaController.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/controller/KafkaController.scala
@@ -1260,10 +1260,7 @@ class KafkaController(val config: KafkaConfig,
       // check ratio and if greater than desired ratio, trigger a rebalance for the topic partitions
       // that need to be on this broker
       if (imbalanceRatio > (config.leaderImbalancePerBrokerPercentage.toDouble / 100)) {
-        // do this check only if the broker is live and there are no partitions being reassigned currently
-        // and preferred replica election is not in progress
         val candidatePartitions = topicsNotInPreferredReplica.keys.filter(tp =>
-          controllerContext.partitionsBeingReassigned.isEmpty &&
           !topicDeletionManager.isTopicQueuedUpForDeletion(tp.topic) &&
           controllerContext.allTopics.contains(tp.topic) &&
           canPreferredReplicaBeLeader(tp)
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/controller/ControllerIntegrationTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/controller/ControllerIntegrationTest.scala
index 532ff1a946e9..a195be37dbc9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/controller/ControllerIntegrationTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/controller/ControllerIntegrationTest.scala
@@ -490,6 +490,87 @@ class ControllerIntegrationTest extends QuorumTestHarness {
       "failed to get expected partition state upon broker startup")
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testAutoPreferredReplicaLeaderElectionWithOtherReassigningPartitions(): Unit = {
+    servers = makeServers(3, autoLeaderRebalanceEnable = true)
+    val controllerId = TestUtils.waitUntilControllerElected(zkClient)
+    val leaderBrokerId = servers.map(_.config.brokerId).filter(_ != controllerId).head
+    val otherBrokerId = servers.map(_.config.brokerId).filter(e => e != controllerId && e != leaderBrokerId).head
+
+    // Partition tp: [leaderBrokerId, controllerId]
+    // Partition reassigningTp: [controllerId]
+    val tp = new TopicPartition("t", 0)
+    val assignment = Map(tp.partition -> Seq(leaderBrokerId, controllerId))
+    TestUtils.createTopic(zkClient, tp.topic, partitionReplicaAssignment = assignment, servers = servers)
+    val reassigningTp = new TopicPartition("reassigning", 0)
+    val reassigningTpAssignment = Map(reassigningTp.partition -> Seq(controllerId))
+    TestUtils.createTopic(zkClient, reassigningTp.topic, partitionReplicaAssignment = reassigningTpAssignment, servers = servers)
+
+    // Shutdown broker leaderBrokerId so that broker controllerId will be elected as leader for partition tp
+    servers(leaderBrokerId).shutdown()
+    servers(leaderBrokerId).awaitShutdown()
+    waitForPartitionState(tp, firstControllerEpoch, controllerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 1,
+      "failed to get expected partition state upon broker shutdown")
+
+    // Shutdown broker otherBrokerId and reassign partition reassigningTp from [controllerId] to [otherBrokerId]
+    // to create a stuck reassignment.
+    servers(otherBrokerId).shutdown()
+    servers(otherBrokerId).awaitShutdown()
+    val reassignment = Map(reassigningTp -> ReplicaAssignment(Seq(otherBrokerId), List(), List()))
+    zkClient.createPartitionReassignment(reassignment.map { case (k, v) => k -> v.replicas })
+    waitForPartitionState(reassigningTp, firstControllerEpoch, controllerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 1,
+      "failed to get expected partition state during partition reassignment with offline replica")
+
+    // Start broker leaderBrokerId and make sure it is elected as leader (preferred) of partition tp automatically
+    // even though there is some other ongoing reassignment.
+    servers(leaderBrokerId).startup()
+    waitForPartitionState(tp, firstControllerEpoch, leaderBrokerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 2,
+      "failed to get expected partition state upon leader broker startup")
+
+    // Start broker otherBrokerId and make sure the reassignment which was stuck can be fulfilled.
+    servers(otherBrokerId).startup()
+    waitForPartitionState(reassigningTp, firstControllerEpoch, otherBrokerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 4,
+      "failed to get expected partition state upon other broker startup")
+    TestUtils.waitUntilTrue(() => zkClient.getFullReplicaAssignmentForTopics(Set(reassigningTp.topic)) == reassignment,
+      "failed to get updated partition assignment on topic znode after partition reassignment")
+    TestUtils.waitUntilTrue(() => !zkClient.reassignPartitionsInProgress,
+      "failed to remove reassign partitions path after completion")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def testAutoPreferredReplicaLeaderElectionWithSamePartitionBeingReassigned(): Unit = {
+    servers = makeServers(3, autoLeaderRebalanceEnable = true)
+    val controllerId = TestUtils.waitUntilControllerElected(zkClient)
+    val leaderBrokerId = servers.map(_.config.brokerId).filter(_ != controllerId).head
+    val otherBrokerId = servers.map(_.config.brokerId).filter(e => e != controllerId && e != leaderBrokerId).head
+
+    // Partition tp: [controllerId, leaderBrokerId]
+    val tp = new TopicPartition("t", 0)
+    val assignment = Map(tp.partition -> Seq(controllerId, leaderBrokerId))
+    TestUtils.createTopic(zkClient, tp.topic, partitionReplicaAssignment = assignment, servers = servers)
+
+    // Shutdown broker otherBrokerId and reassign partition tp from [controllerId, leaderBrokerId] to [leaderBrokerId, controllerId, otherBrokerId]
+    // to create a stuck reassignment.
+    servers(otherBrokerId).shutdown()
+    servers(otherBrokerId).awaitShutdown()
+    val reassignment = Map(tp -> ReplicaAssignment(Seq(leaderBrokerId, controllerId, otherBrokerId), List(), List()))
+    zkClient.createPartitionReassignment(reassignment.map { case (k, v) => k -> v.replicas })
+
+    //Make sure broker leaderBrokerId is elected as leader (preferred) of partition tp automatically
+    // even though the reassignment is still ongoing.
+    waitForPartitionState(tp, firstControllerEpoch, leaderBrokerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 2,
+      "failed to get expected partition state after auto preferred replica leader election")
+
+    // Start broker otherBrokerId and make sure the reassignment which was stuck can be fulfilled.
+    servers(otherBrokerId).startup()
+    waitForPartitionState(tp, firstControllerEpoch, leaderBrokerId, LeaderAndIsr.InitialLeaderEpoch + 3,
+      "failed to get expected partition state upon broker startup")
+    TestUtils.waitUntilTrue(() => zkClient.getFullReplicaAssignmentForTopics(Set(tp.topic)) == reassignment,
+      "failed to get updated partition assignment on topic znode after partition reassignment")
+    TestUtils.waitUntilTrue(() => !zkClient.reassignPartitionsInProgress,
+      "failed to remove reassign partitions path after completion")
+  }
+
   @Test
   def testLeaderAndIsrWhenEntireIsrOfflineAndUncleanLeaderElectionDisabled(): Unit = {
     servers = makeServers(2)