diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
index 8c8419d230e..de706cbff3c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
@@ -316,11 +316,7 @@ public class StochasticLoadBalancer extends BaseLoadBalancer {
     if (Math.abs(regionReplicaHostCostFunction.cost()) > CostFunction.COST_EPSILON) {
       return true;
     }
-    regionReplicaRackCostFunction.init(c);
-    if (Math.abs(regionReplicaRackCostFunction.cost()) > CostFunction.COST_EPSILON) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+    return (Math.abs(regionReplicaRackCostFunction.cost()) > CostFunction.COST_EPSILON);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/TestStochasticLoadBalancerRegionReplica.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/TestStochasticLoadBalancerRegionReplica.java
index 9634f9a5eb7..686c7cf96c4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/TestStochasticLoadBalancerRegionReplica.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/TestStochasticLoadBalancerRegionReplica.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ public class TestStochasticLoadBalancerRegionReplica extends BalancerTestBase {
     map.put(s2, regionsOnS2);
     // add another server so that the cluster has some host on another rack
     map.put(ServerName.valueOf("host2", 1000, 11111), randomRegions(1));
-    assertTrue(
+    assertFalse(
       loadBalancer.needsBalance(HConstants.ENSEMBLE_TABLE_NAME,
         new Cluster(map, null, null, new ForTestRackManagerOne())));
   }