diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
index 78edffaf471..683a9ab8b55 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ public class ReplicationSource implements ReplicationSourceInterface {
     if (this.replicationEndpoint != null) {
       this.replicationEndpoint.stop();
     }
-    if (clearMetrics) {
-      metrics.clear();
-    }
     if (join) {
       for (ReplicationSourceShipper worker : workers) {
         Threads.shutdown(worker, this.sleepForRetries);