diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TBoundedThreadPoolServer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TBoundedThreadPoolServer.java
index 690a57f8b9f..a88634e7416 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TBoundedThreadPoolServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TBoundedThreadPoolServer.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class TBoundedThreadPoolServer extends TServer {
     tfb.setNameFormat("thrift-worker-%d");
     executorService =
         new ThreadPoolExecutor(options.minWorkerThreads,
-            options.maxWorkerThreads, DEFAULT_THREAD_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME_SEC, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+            options.maxWorkerThreads, options.threadKeepAliveTimeSec, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
             executorQueue, tfb.build());
     serverOptions = options;
   }