diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
index 9d6ca624d45..4d87f1d6377 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ public class WALPlayer extends Configured implements Tool {
       job.setMapperClass(HLogMapper.class);
       job.setOutputFormatClass(MultiTableOutputFormat.class);
       TableMapReduceUtil.addDependencyJars(job);
+      TableMapReduceUtil.initCredentials(job);
       // No reducers.
       job.setNumReduceTasks(0);
     }