diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
index f67fece8aee..353a48dce28 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
@@ -1467,7 +1467,6 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseZKTestingUtility {
 
   /**
    * Flushes all caches in the mini hbase cluster
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void flush() throws IOException {
     getMiniHBaseCluster().flushcache();
@@ -1475,7 +1474,6 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseZKTestingUtility {
 
   /**
    * Flushes all caches in the mini hbase cluster
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void flush(TableName tableName) throws IOException {
     getMiniHBaseCluster().flushcache(tableName);
@@ -1483,7 +1481,6 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseZKTestingUtility {
 
   /**
    * Compact all regions in the mini hbase cluster
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void compact(boolean major) throws IOException {
     getMiniHBaseCluster().compact(major);
@@ -1491,7 +1488,6 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseZKTestingUtility {
 
   /**
    * Compact all of a table's reagion in the mini hbase cluster
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void compact(TableName tableName, boolean major) throws IOException {
     getMiniHBaseCluster().compact(tableName, major);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
index 4b2886e5007..b5339d72012 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionReplicaUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.FlushResult;
@@ -728,6 +728,9 @@ public class MiniHBaseCluster extends HBaseCluster {
   }
 
   private void executeFlush(HRegion region) throws IOException {
+    if (!RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(region.getRegionInfo())) {
+      return;
+    }
     // retry 5 times if we can not flush
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       FlushResult result = region.flush(true);
@@ -767,10 +770,11 @@ public class MiniHBaseCluster extends HBaseCluster {
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void compact(boolean major) throws IOException {
-    for (JVMClusterUtil.RegionServerThread t:
-        this.hbaseCluster.getRegionServers()) {
-      for(HRegion r: t.getRegionServer().getOnlineRegionsLocalContext()) {
-        r.compact(major);
+    for (JVMClusterUtil.RegionServerThread t : this.hbaseCluster.getRegionServers()) {
+      for (HRegion r : t.getRegionServer().getOnlineRegionsLocalContext()) {
+        if (RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(r.getRegionInfo())) {
+          r.compact(major);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -780,11 +784,12 @@ public class MiniHBaseCluster extends HBaseCluster {
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public void compact(TableName tableName, boolean major) throws IOException {
-    for (JVMClusterUtil.RegionServerThread t:
-        this.hbaseCluster.getRegionServers()) {
-      for(HRegion r: t.getRegionServer().getOnlineRegionsLocalContext()) {
-        if(r.getTableDescriptor().getTableName().equals(tableName)) {
-          r.compact(major);
+    for (JVMClusterUtil.RegionServerThread t : this.hbaseCluster.getRegionServers()) {
+      for (HRegion r : t.getRegionServer().getOnlineRegionsLocalContext()) {
+        if (r.getTableDescriptor().getTableName().equals(tableName)) {
+          if (RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(r.getRegionInfo())) {
+            r.compact(major);
+          }
         }
       }
     }