diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb b/hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
index e9e033cef34..9f9434e7c25 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
@@ -605,10 +605,10 @@ module Hbase
       end
       if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::COMPRESSION)
         compression = arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::COMPRESSION).upcase
-        unless org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.Compression::Algorithm.constants.include?(compression)      
-          raise(ArgumentError, "Compression #{compression} is not supported. Use one of " + org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.Compression::Algorithm.constants.join(" ")) 
-        else 
-          family.setCompressionType(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.Compression::Algorithm.valueOf(compression))
+        unless org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression::Algorithm.constants.include?(compression)
+          raise(ArgumentError, "Compression #{compression} is not supported. Use one of " + org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression::Algorithm.constants.join(" "))
+        else
+          family.setCompressionType(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression::Algorithm.valueOf(compression))
         end
       end