diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
index b6600a94636..5a9aff3eda2 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
@@ -907,14 +907,24 @@ public class Result implements CellScannable, CellScanner {
   /**
    * Add load information about the region to the information about the result
    * @param loadStats statistics about the current region from which this was returned
+   * @deprecated use {@link #setStatistics(ClientProtos.RegionLoadStats)} instead
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if invoked on instance of EMPTY_RESULT
    * (which is supposed to be immutable).
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public void addResults(ClientProtos.RegionLoadStats loadStats) {
     checkReadonly();
     this.stats = loadStats;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set load information about the region to the information about the result
+   * @param loadStats statistics about the current region from which this was returned
+   */
+  public void setStatistics(ClientProtos.RegionLoadStats loadStats) {
+    this.stats = loadStats;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return the associated statistics about the region from which this was returned. Can be
    * <tt>null</tt> if stats are disabled.