Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java (revision 1042071) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java (working copy) @@ -666,8 +666,9 @@ abbreviate(this.assignmentManager.getRegionsInTransition().toString(), 256)); return false; } - if (!this.serverManager.areDeadServersInProgress()) { + if (this.serverManager.areDeadServersInProgress()) { LOG.debug("Not running balancer because dead regionserver processing"); + return false; } Map> assignments = this.assignmentManager.getAssignments();