Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java (revision 1567739) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java (working copy) @@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ // otherwise, we archive the files // make sure we can archive - if (tableDir == null || regionDir == null) { + if (tableDir == null) { LOG.error("No archive directory could be found because tabledir (" + tableDir - + ") or regiondir (" + regionDir + "was null. Deleting files instead."); + + ") was null. Deleting files instead."); deleteRegionWithoutArchiving(fs, regionDir); // we should have archived, but failed to. Doesn't matter if we deleted // the archived files correctly or not.