diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/HRegionInterface.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/HRegionInterface.java
index 3b3c101dd2c..5bbabed59bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/HRegionInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/HRegionInterface.java
@@ -555,4 +555,7 @@ public interface HRegionInterface extends VersionedProtocol, Stoppable, Abortabl
    * region names as returned by {@link HRegionInfo#getEncodedName()} 
    */
   public byte[][] rollHLogWriter() throws IOException, FailedLogCloseException;
+
+  @Override
+  public void stop(String why);
 }