diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index c75e4eef34e..a982c3e8244 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1655,6 +1655,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
       }
     }
     this.closing.set(true);
+    LOG.info("Closing region {}", this);
     status.setStatus("Disabling writes for close");
     try {
       if (this.isClosed()) {