diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MetaTableAccessor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MetaTableAccessor.java
index a9ade3592b9..7cf6bb13831 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MetaTableAccessor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MetaTableAccessor.java
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@ public class MetaTableAccessor {
       new SubstringComparator(regionEncodedName));
     Scan scan = getMetaScan(connection, 1);
     scan.setFilter(rowFilter);
-    try (ResultScanner resultScanner = getMetaHTable(connection).getScanner(scan)) {
+    try (Table table = getMetaHTable(connection);
+        ResultScanner resultScanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
       return resultScanner.next();
     }
   }