diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
index 7fddb367285..aaa95728835 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class MemStoreFlusher implements FlushRequester {
             + humanReadableInt(server.getRegionServerAccounting().getGlobalMemstoreDataSize())
             + ", Region memstore size="
             + humanReadableInt(regionToFlush.getMemstoreSize()));
-        flushedOne = flushRegion(regionToFlush, true, true);
+        flushedOne = flushRegion(regionToFlush, true, false);
 
         if (!flushedOne) {
           LOG.info("Excluding unflushable region " + regionToFlush +