diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 57ab15b52f6..3b039c17b13 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -2711,6 +2711,7 @@ public class HRegionServer extends Thread implements
     if (this.choreService != null) {
       shutdownChore(nonceManagerChore);
       shutdownChore(compactionChecker);
+      shutdownChore(compactedFileDischarger);
       shutdownChore(periodicFlusher);
       shutdownChore(healthCheckChore);
       shutdownChore(storefileRefresher);