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 6fd01a755ec..94144c4d91a 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
@@ -1572,7 +1572,8 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver { //
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
   public long getEarliestFlushTimeForAllStores() {
-    return Collections.min(lastStoreFlushTimeMap.values());
+    return lastStoreFlushTimeMap.isEmpty() ? Long.MAX_VALUE : Collections.min(lastStoreFlushTimeMap
+        .values());
   }
 
   /**