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 5f53fff699c..e8dd2cd1668 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
@@ -1759,6 +1759,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
             // essentially ignore and propagate the interrupt back up
             LOG.warn("Interrupted while waiting");
             interrupted = true;
+            break;
           }
         }
       } finally {