diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationPeer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationPeer.java
index 79c4abeffe9..2ec760ccc93 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationPeer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationPeer.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class ReplicationPeer implements Abortable, Closeable {
 
   @Override
   public void abort(String why, Throwable e) {
-    LOG.warn("The ReplicationPeer coresponding to peer " + clusterKey
+    LOG.fatal("The ReplicationPeer coresponding to peer " + clusterKey
         + " was aborted for the following reason(s):" + why, e);
   }