diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CreateTableProcedure.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CreateTableProcedure.java
index 28b85502cf3..cc4faa8ac09 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CreateTableProcedure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CreateTableProcedure.java
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ public class CreateTableProcedure
 
   @Override
   protected boolean acquireLock(final MasterProcedureEnv env) {
+    if (!env.isInitialized() && !getTableName().isSystemTable() ) {
+      return false;
+    }
     return env.getProcedureQueue().tryAcquireTableExclusiveLock(getTableName(), "create table");
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/DeleteTableProcedure.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/DeleteTableProcedure.java
index 00812ab227f..45646e1abb5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/DeleteTableProcedure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/DeleteTableProcedure.java
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ public class DeleteTableProcedure
 
   protected static void deleteTableStates(final MasterProcedureEnv env, final TableName tableName)
       throws IOException {
-    ProcedureSyncWait.getMasterQuotaManager(env).removeTableFromNamespaceQuota(tableName);
+    if (!tableName.isSystemTable()) {
+      ProcedureSyncWait.getMasterQuotaManager(env).removeTableFromNamespaceQuota(tableName);
+    }
   }
 }
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