diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 078b135f3de..f6d2e361953 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -5267,8 +5267,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
         result = null;
         // Clean up the counts just in case this was the thing keeping the context alive.
         rowLockContext.cleanUp();
-        throw new IOException("Timed out waiting for lock for row: " + rowKey + " in region "
-            + getRegionInfo().getEncodedName());
+        throw new IOException("Timed out waiting for lock for row: " + rowKey);
       }
       rowLockContext.setThreadName(Thread.currentThread().getName());
       return result;