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 06f2990fb78..129e01db9ba 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
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
   final Counter checkAndMutateChecksPassed = new Counter();
   final Counter checkAndMutateChecksFailed = new Counter();
 
-  //Number of requests
+  // Number of requests
+  // Count rows for scan
   final Counter readRequestsCount = new Counter();
+  // Count rows for multi row mutations
   final Counter writeRequestsCount = new Counter();
 
   // Number of requests blocked by memstore size.
@@ -2728,7 +2730,6 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
     // closest key is across all column families, since the data may be sparse
     checkRow(row, "getClosestRowBefore");
     startRegionOperation(Operation.GET);
-    this.readRequestsCount.increment();
     try {
       Result result = null;
       Get get = new Get(row);
@@ -6094,7 +6095,6 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
             "or a lengthy garbage collection");
       }
       startRegionOperation(Operation.SCAN);
-      readRequestsCount.increment();
       try {
         return nextRaw(outResults, scannerContext);
       } finally {
@@ -6126,6 +6126,10 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
         outResults.addAll(tmpList);
       }
 
+      if (!outResults.isEmpty()) {
+        readRequestsCount.increment();
+      }
+
       // If the size limit was reached it means a partial Result is being returned. Returning a
       // partial Result means that we should not reset the filters; filters should only be reset in
       // between rows
@@ -7349,7 +7353,6 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
   @Override
   public void mutateRowsWithLocks(Collection<Mutation> mutations,
       Collection<byte[]> rowsToLock, long nonceGroup, long nonce) throws IOException {
-    writeRequestsCount.add(mutations.size());
     MultiRowMutationProcessor proc = new MultiRowMutationProcessor(mutations, rowsToLock);
     processRowsWithLocks(proc, -1, nonceGroup, nonce);
   }
@@ -7455,7 +7458,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
             processor, now, this, mutations, walEdit, timeout);
 
         if (!mutations.isEmpty()) {
-
+          writeRequestsCount.add(mutations.size());
           // 5. Call the preBatchMutate hook
           processor.preBatchMutate(this, walEdit);
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MetricsRegionServerWrapperImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MetricsRegionServerWrapperImpl.java
index 31cfbd16666..9ba6cc0b2d8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MetricsRegionServerWrapperImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MetricsRegionServerWrapperImpl.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class MetricsRegionServerWrapperImpl
 
   @Override
   public long getTotalRowActionRequestCount() {
-    return regionServer.rpcServices.requestRowActionCount.get();
+    return readRequestsCount + writeRequestsCount;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
index 3ac08f49824..6ea522e3827 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
   // Count only once for requests with multiple actions like multi/caching-scan/replayBatch
   final Counter requestCount = new Counter();
 
-  // Request counter. (Excludes requests that are not serviced by regions.)
-  // Count rows for requests with multiple actions like multi/caching-scan/replayBatch
-  final Counter requestRowActionCount = new Counter();
-
   // Request counter for rpc get
   final Counter rpcGetRequestCount = new Counter();
 
@@ -998,7 +994,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
         }
       }
       requestCount.increment();
-      requestRowActionCount.add(mutations.size());
       if (!region.getRegionInfo().isMetaTable()) {
         regionServer.cacheFlusher.reclaimMemStoreMemory();
       }
@@ -2207,7 +2202,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
     try {
       checkOpen();
       requestCount.increment();
-      requestRowActionCount.increment();
       rpcGetRequestCount.increment();
       region = getRegion(request.getRegion());
 
@@ -2330,7 +2324,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
     Map<RegionSpecifier, ClientProtos.RegionLoadStats> regionStats = new HashMap<>(request
       .getRegionActionCount());
     for (RegionAction regionAction : request.getRegionActionList()) {
-      this.requestRowActionCount.add(regionAction.getActionCount());
       OperationQuota quota;
       Region region;
       regionActionResultBuilder.clear();
@@ -2456,7 +2449,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
     try {
       checkOpen();
       requestCount.increment();
-      requestRowActionCount.increment();
       rpcMutateRequestCount.increment();
       region = getRegion(request.getRegion());
       MutateResponse.Builder builder = MutateResponse.newBuilder();
@@ -2895,8 +2887,6 @@ public class RSRpcServices implements HBaseRPCErrorHandler,
           builder.setScanMetrics(metricBuilder.build());
         }
       }
-      region.updateReadRequestsCount(numOfResults);
-      requestRowActionCount.add(numOfResults);
       long end = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
       long responseCellSize = context != null ? context.getResponseCellSize() : 0;
       region.getMetrics().updateScanTime(end - before);