diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
index ecac792d48b..d730287de7a 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class ConnectionImplementation implements ClusterConnection, Closeable {
       this.registry = setupRegistry();
       retrieveClusterId();
 
-      this.rpcClient = RpcClientFactory.createClient(this.conf, this.clusterId);
+      this.rpcClient = RpcClientFactory.createClient(this.conf, this.clusterId, this.metrics);
 
       // Do we publish the status?
       if (shouldListen) {