Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java (revision 1029789) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java (working copy) @@ -2035,8 +2035,6 @@ public void compactRegion(HRegionInfo regionInfo, boolean major) throws NotServingRegionException, IOException { HRegion region = getRegion(regionInfo.getRegionName()); - region.flushcache(); - region.shouldSplit(true); compactSplitThread.requestCompaction(region, major, "User-triggered " + (major ? "major " : "") + "compaction", CompactSplitThread.PRIORITY_USER);