Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/MetaServerShutdownHandler.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/MetaServerShutdownHandler.java (revision 1456289) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/MetaServerShutdownHandler.java (working copy) @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ } catch (IOException ioe) { this.services.getExecutorService().submit(this); this.deadServers.add(serverName); + this.deadServers.finish(serverName); throw new IOException("failed log splitting for " + serverName + ", will retry", ioe); }