diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ScannerCallableWithReplicas.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ScannerCallableWithReplicas.java
index 0cdd4ddbef4..852e2c64e17 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ScannerCallableWithReplicas.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ScannerCallableWithReplicas.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class ScannerCallableWithReplicas implements RetryingCallable<Result[]> {
   private int scannerTimeout;
   private Set<ScannerCallable> outstandingCallables = new HashSet<>();
   private boolean someRPCcancelled = false; //required for testing purposes only
+  private int regionReplication = 0;
 
   public ScannerCallableWithReplicas(TableName tableName, ClusterConnection cConnection,
       ScannerCallable baseCallable, ExecutorService pool, int timeBeforeReplicas, Scan scan,
@@ -143,36 +144,42 @@ class ScannerCallableWithReplicas implements RetryingCallable<Result[]> {
     //2. We should close the "losing" scanners (scanners other than the ones we hear back
     //   from first)
     //
-    RegionLocations rl = null;
-    try {
-      rl = RpcRetryingCallerWithReadReplicas.getRegionLocations(true,
-          RegionReplicaUtil.DEFAULT_REPLICA_ID, cConnection, tableName,
-          currentScannerCallable.getRow());
-    } catch (RetriesExhaustedException | DoNotRetryIOException e) {
-      // We cannot get the primary replica region location, it is possible that the region server
-      // hosting meta table is down, it needs to proceed to try cached replicas directly.
-      if (cConnection instanceof ConnectionImplementation) {
-        rl = ((ConnectionImplementation) cConnection)
-            .getCachedLocation(tableName, currentScannerCallable.getRow());
-        if (rl == null) {
+    // Since RegionReplication is a table attribute, it wont change as long as table is enabled,
+    // it just needs to be set once.
+
+    if (regionReplication <= 0) {
+      RegionLocations rl = null;
+      try {
+        rl = RpcRetryingCallerWithReadReplicas.getRegionLocations(true,
+            RegionReplicaUtil.DEFAULT_REPLICA_ID, cConnection, tableName,
+            currentScannerCallable.getRow());
+      } catch (RetriesExhaustedException | DoNotRetryIOException e) {
+        // We cannot get the primary replica region location, it is possible that the region server
+        // hosting meta table is down, it needs to proceed to try cached replicas directly.
+        if (cConnection instanceof ConnectionImplementation) {
+          rl = ((ConnectionImplementation) cConnection)
+              .getCachedLocation(tableName, currentScannerCallable.getRow());
+          if (rl == null) {
+            throw e;
+          }
+        } else {
+          // For completeness
           throw e;
         }
-      } else {
-        // For completeness
-        throw e;
       }
+      regionReplication = rl.size();
     }
     // allocate a boundedcompletion pool of some multiple of number of replicas.
     // We want to accomodate some RPCs for redundant replica scans (but are still in progress)
     ResultBoundedCompletionService<Pair<Result[], ScannerCallable>> cs =
         new ResultBoundedCompletionService<>(
             RpcRetryingCallerFactory.instantiate(ScannerCallableWithReplicas.this.conf), pool,
-            rl.size() * 5);
+            regionReplication * 5);
 
     AtomicBoolean done = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     replicaSwitched.set(false);
     // submit call for the primary replica.
-    addCallsForCurrentReplica(cs, rl);
+    addCallsForCurrentReplica(cs);
     int startIndex = 0;
 
     try {
@@ -195,7 +202,7 @@ class ScannerCallableWithReplicas implements RetryingCallable<Result[]> {
 
       // If rl's size is 1 or scan's consitency is strong, it needs to throw
       // out the exception from the primary replica
-      if ((rl.size() == 1) || (scan.getConsistency() == Consistency.STRONG)) {
+      if ((regionReplication == 1) || (scan.getConsistency() == Consistency.STRONG)) {
         // Rethrow the first exception
         RpcRetryingCallerWithReadReplicas.throwEnrichedException(e, retries);
       }
@@ -208,13 +215,13 @@ class ScannerCallableWithReplicas implements RetryingCallable<Result[]> {
     }
 
     // submit call for the all of the secondaries at once
-    int endIndex = rl.size();
+    int endIndex = regionReplication;
     if (scan.getConsistency() == Consistency.STRONG) {
       // When scan's consistency is strong, do not send to the secondaries
       endIndex = 1;
     } else {
       // TODO: this may be an overkill for large region replication
-      addCallsForOtherReplicas(cs, rl, 0, rl.size() - 1);
+      addCallsForOtherReplicas(cs, 0, regionReplication - 1);
     }
 
     try {
@@ -307,15 +314,14 @@ class ScannerCallableWithReplicas implements RetryingCallable<Result[]> {
   }
 
   private void addCallsForCurrentReplica(
-      ResultBoundedCompletionService<Pair<Result[], ScannerCallable>> cs, RegionLocations rl) {
+      ResultBoundedCompletionService<Pair<Result[], ScannerCallable>> cs) {
     RetryingRPC retryingOnReplica = new RetryingRPC(currentScannerCallable);
     outstandingCallables.add(currentScannerCallable);
     cs.submit(retryingOnReplica, scannerTimeout, currentScannerCallable.id);
   }
 
   private void addCallsForOtherReplicas(
-      ResultBoundedCompletionService<Pair<Result[], ScannerCallable>> cs, RegionLocations rl,
-      int min, int max) {
+      ResultBoundedCompletionService<Pair<Result[], ScannerCallable>> cs, int min, int max) {
 
     for (int id = min; id <= max; id++) {
       if (currentScannerCallable.id == id) {
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 4e053687c98..61e89333d7a 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
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;