diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
index c1870221ac1..dbb0d4994c4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ClassSize;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.HasThread;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnore;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -1161,7 +1162,10 @@ public class LruBlockCache implements ResizableBlockCache, HeapSize {
   }
 
   @Override
+  @JsonIgnore
   public BlockCache[] getBlockCaches() {
+    if (victimHandler != null)
+      return new BlockCache[] {this, this.victimHandler};
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
index 5651c1330fe..f07cc3776e5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class TestBlockCacheReporting {
     BlockCache [] bcs = bc.getBlockCaches();
     if (bcs != null) {
       for (BlockCache sbc: bc.getBlockCaches()) {
-        bucketCacheReport(sbc);
+        LOG.info(bc.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": " + sbc.getStats());
       }
     }
   }