diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl.java
index 8a6553f882f..5eb5deb03f6 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl.java
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ public class MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl
   public MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSourceImpl(MetricsReplicationSourceImpl rms) {
     this.rms = rms;
 
-    ageOfLastShippedOpHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getHistogram(SOURCE_AGE_OF_LAST_SHIPPED_OP);
+    ageOfLastShippedOpHist =
+      rms.getMetricsRegistry().newTimeHistogram(SOURCE_AGE_OF_LAST_SHIPPED_OP);
 
     sizeOfLogQueueGauge = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getGauge(SOURCE_SIZE_OF_LOG_QUEUE, 0L);
 
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl.java
index 18addb01e32..ce45af5ccec 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl implements MetricsReplicationSinkS
   private final MutableFastCounter hfilesCounter;
 
   public MetricsReplicationSinkSourceImpl(MetricsReplicationSourceImpl rms) {
-    ageHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getHistogram(SINK_AGE_OF_LAST_APPLIED_OP);
+    ageHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().newTimeHistogram(SINK_AGE_OF_LAST_APPLIED_OP);
     batchesCounter = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getCounter(SINK_APPLIED_BATCHES, 0L);
     opsCounter = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getCounter(SINK_APPLIED_OPS, 0L);
     hfilesCounter = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getCounter(SINK_APPLIED_HFILES, 0L);
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
index 016135422a0..28499120119 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl implements MetricsReplicationSou
     this.keyPrefix = "source." + this.id + ".";
 
     ageOfLastShippedOpKey = this.keyPrefix + "ageOfLastShippedOp";
-    ageOfLastShippedOpHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getHistogram(ageOfLastShippedOpKey);
+    ageOfLastShippedOpHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().newTimeHistogram(ageOfLastShippedOpKey);
 
     sizeOfLogQueueKey = this.keyPrefix + "sizeOfLogQueue";
     sizeOfLogQueueGauge = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getGauge(sizeOfLogQueueKey, 0L);
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationTableSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationTableSourceImpl.java
index 7120a73d49a..9ca0cd1a94e 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationTableSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationTableSourceImpl.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class MetricsReplicationTableSourceImpl implements MetricsReplicationTabl
     this.keyPrefix = "source." + this.tableName + ".";
 
     ageOfLastShippedOpKey = this.keyPrefix + "ageOfLastShippedOp";
-    ageOfLastShippedOpHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getHistogram(ageOfLastShippedOpKey);
+    ageOfLastShippedOpHist = rms.getMetricsRegistry().newTimeHistogram(ageOfLastShippedOpKey);
 
     shippedBytesKey = this.keyPrefix + "shippedBytes";
     shippedBytesCounter = rms.getMetricsRegistry().getCounter(shippedBytesKey, 0L);