diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MetaTableMetrics.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MetaTableMetrics.java
index 64a6288c210..3bb47ae062c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MetaTableMetrics.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/MetaTableMetrics.java
@@ -197,9 +197,8 @@ public class MetaTableMetrics implements RegionCoprocessor {
     }
 
     private boolean isMetaTableOp(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e) {
-      return TableName.META_TABLE_NAME.toString()
-          .equals(new String(e.getEnvironment().getRegionInfo().getTable().getName(),
-              StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+      return TableName.META_TABLE_NAME
+          .equals(e.getEnvironment().getRegionInfo().getTable());
     }
 
     private void clientMetricRegisterAndMark(ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e) {