Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java (revision 1491134) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java (working copy) @@ -1145,7 +1145,8 @@ String hostnameFromMasterPOV = e.getValue(); this.serverNameFromMasterPOV = new ServerName(hostnameFromMasterPOV, this.isa.getPort(), this.startcode); - if (!this.serverNameFromMasterPOV.equals(this.isa.getHostName())) { + if (!this.serverNameFromMasterPOV.getHostname() + .equals(this.isa.getHostName())) { LOG.info("Master passed us a different hostname to use; was=" + this.isa.getHostName() + ", but now=" + this.serverNameFromMasterPOV.getHostname());