[APM] - Error: failed to reset strict operations; disconnecting  from mcpd

Hello Experts , 

When we try to verify the sys config with the command  "load sys config verify" , we are getting beow error message followed with the services restart ...Bug ID 997793 (f5.com) , We tried to remove the old epsec-package file  and restarted , but no luck . 

Can anyone please advise on this ?

Validating configuration...
  /config/bigip_base.conf
  /config/bigip_user.conf
  /config/bigip.conf
  /config/bigip_script.conf
Error: failed to reset strict operations; disconnecting  from mcpd.  Will reconnect on next command.
The connection to mcpd has been lost, try again.