Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/TableEventHandler.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/TableEventHandler.java (revision 1524858) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/TableEventHandler.java (working copy) @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ TreeMap> serverToRegions = Maps .newTreeMap(); NavigableMap hriHserverMapping = table.getRegionLocations(); + table.close(); List reRegions = new ArrayList(); for (HRegionInfo hri : regions) { ServerName rsLocation = hriHserverMapping.get(hri);