diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompositeImmutableSegment.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompositeImmutableSegment.java
index 5e8a8b3f1b2..bf9ff13cba8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompositeImmutableSegment.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompositeImmutableSegment.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ public class CompositeImmutableSegment extends ImmutableSegment {
   @VisibleForTesting
   @Override
   public List<Segment> getAllSegments() {
-    return new LinkedList<>(segments);
+    return new ArrayList<>(segments);
   }
 
   @Override