Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java (revision 1003194) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/CloseRegionHandler.java (working copy) @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ try { // TODO: If we need to keep updating CLOSING stamp to prevent against // a timeout if this is long-running, need to spin up a thread? + region.close(abort); this.rsServices.removeFromOnlineRegions(regionInfo.getEncodedName()); - region.close(abort); } catch (IOException e) { LOG.error("IOException closing region for " + regionInfo); if (this.zk) deleteClosingState();