diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncProcess.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncProcess.java
index 6cb61153b45..5bd9a4f58ad 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncProcess.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncProcess.java
@@ -1106,8 +1106,11 @@ class AsyncProcess {
         }
 
         // run all the runnables
+        // HBASE-17475: Do not reuse the thread after stack reach a certain depth to prevent stack overflow
+        // for now, we use HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER to control the depth
         for (Runnable runnable : runnables) {
-          if ((--actionsRemaining == 0) && reuseThread) {
+          if ((--actionsRemaining == 0) && reuseThread
+              && numAttempt % HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER != 0) {
             runnable.run();
           } else {
             try {