Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java (revision 1377212) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java (working copy) @@ -4987,8 +4987,7 @@ requestFlush(); } if (wrongLength) { - throw new IOException( - "Attempted to increment field that isn't 64 bits wide"); + throw new DoNotRetryIOException("Attempted to increment field that isn't 64 bits wide"); } return result; }