diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AnnotationReadingPriorityFunction.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AnnotationReadingPriorityFunction.java
index 24fa862560a..b7775892530 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AnnotationReadingPriorityFunction.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/AnnotationReadingPriorityFunction.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class AnnotationReadingPriorityFunction implements PriorityFunction {
       return HConstants.NORMAL_QOS;
     }
 
-    if (methodName.equals("scan")) { // scanner methods...
+    if (methodName.equalsIgnoreCase("scan")) { // scanner methods...
       ScanRequest request = (ScanRequest)param;
       if (!request.hasScannerId()) {
         return HConstants.NORMAL_QOS;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestPriorityRpc.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestPriorityRpc.java
index e3c15d6d695..33044cb552a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestPriorityRpc.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestPriorityRpc.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class TestPriorityRpc {
   @Test
   public void testQosFunctionForScanMethod() throws IOException {
     RequestHeader.Builder headerBuilder = RequestHeader.newBuilder();
-    headerBuilder.setMethodName("scan");
+    headerBuilder.setMethodName("Scan");
     RequestHeader header = headerBuilder.build();
 
     //build an empty scan request