diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
index d96c9e409cb..1a257b1cb02 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.NeedUnmanagedConnectionException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionLocator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionServerCallable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RpcRetryingCallerFactory;
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       this.hfilePath = hfilePath;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String toString() {
       return "family:"+ Bytes.toString(family) + " path:" + hfilePath.toString();
     }
@@ -288,7 +290,17 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
   public void doBulkLoad(Path hfofDir, final HTable table)
     throws TableNotFoundException, IOException
   {
-    doBulkLoad(hfofDir, table.getConnection().getAdmin(), table, table.getRegionLocator());
+    Admin admin = null;
+    try {
+      try {
+        admin = table.getConnection().getAdmin();
+      } catch (NeedUnmanagedConnectionException ex) {
+        admin = new HBaseAdmin(table.getConfiguration());
+      }
+      doBulkLoad(hfofDir, admin, table, table.getRegionLocator());
+    } finally {
+      admin.close();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -436,6 +448,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       final Collection<LoadQueueItem> lqis =  e.getValue();
 
       final Callable<List<LoadQueueItem>> call = new Callable<List<LoadQueueItem>>() {
+        @Override
         public List<LoadQueueItem> call() throws Exception {
           List<LoadQueueItem> toRetry =
               tryAtomicRegionLoad(conn, table.getName(), first, lqis);
@@ -512,6 +525,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       final LoadQueueItem item = queue.remove();
 
       final Callable<List<LoadQueueItem>> call = new Callable<List<LoadQueueItem>>() {
+        @Override
         public List<LoadQueueItem> call() throws Exception {
           List<LoadQueueItem> splits = groupOrSplit(regionGroups, item, table, startEndKeys);
           return splits;