diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSource.java b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSource.java
index 188c3a3f658..3aa01ab9526 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSource.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSource.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public interface MetricsReplicationSourceSource {
   public static final String SOURCE_SIZE_OF_HFILE_REFS_QUEUE = "source.sizeOfHFileRefsQueue";
 
   void setLastShippedAge(long age);
-  void setSizeOfLogQueue(int size);
   void incrSizeOfLogQueue(int size);
   void decrSizeOfLogQueue(int size);
   void incrLogEditsFiltered(long size);
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ public interface MetricsReplicationSourceSource {
   void incrLogReadInEdits(long size);
   void clear();
   long getLastShippedAge();
+  int getSizeOfLogQueue();
   void incrHFilesShipped(long hfiles);
   void incrSizeOfHFileRefsQueue(long size);
   void decrSizeOfHFileRefsQueue(long size);
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
index 93b10b604dd..2526f32c7bb 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource.java
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ public class MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource implements MetricsReplicationS
     ageOfLastShippedOpGauge.set(age);
   }
 
-  @Override public void setSizeOfLogQueue(int size) {
-    sizeOfLogQueueGauge.set(size);
-  }
-
   @Override public void incrSizeOfLogQueue(int size) {
     sizeOfLogQueueGauge.incr(size);
   }
@@ -121,4 +117,9 @@ public class MetricsReplicationGlobalSourceSource implements MetricsReplicationS
   public void decrSizeOfHFileRefsQueue(long size) {
     sizeOfHFileRefsQueueGauge.decr(size);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getSizeOfLogQueue() {
+    return (int)sizeOfLogQueueGauge.value();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
index 99417122b8c..03e31167179 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl.java
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ public class MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl implements MetricsReplicationSou
     ageOfLastShippedOpGauge.set(age);
   }
 
-  @Override public void setSizeOfLogQueue(int size) {
-    sizeOfLogQueueGauge.set(size);
-  }
-
   @Override public void incrSizeOfLogQueue(int size) {
     sizeOfLogQueueGauge.incr(size);
   }
@@ -158,4 +154,9 @@ public class MetricsReplicationSourceSourceImpl implements MetricsReplicationSou
   public void decrSizeOfHFileRefsQueue(long size) {
     sizeOfHFileRefsQueueGauge.decr(size);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getSizeOfLogQueue() {
+    return (int)sizeOfLogQueueGauge.value();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsSource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsSource.java
index 9687af7693d..4a044bfb970 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsSource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/MetricsSource.java
@@ -89,14 +89,16 @@ public class MetricsSource {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Set the size of the log queue
-   *
-   * @param size the size.
+   * Increment size of the log queue.
    */
-  public void setSizeOfLogQueue(int size) {
-    singleSourceSource.setSizeOfLogQueue(size);
-    globalSourceSource.incrSizeOfLogQueue(size - lastQueueSize);
-    lastQueueSize = size;
+  public void incrSizeOfLogQueue() {
+    singleSourceSource.incrSizeOfLogQueue(1);
+    globalSourceSource.incrSizeOfLogQueue(1);
+  }
+
+  public void decrSizeOfLogQueue() {
+    singleSourceSource.decrSizeOfLogQueue(1);
+    globalSourceSource.decrSizeOfLogQueue(1);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ public class MetricsSource {
    * @return sizeOfLogQueue
    */
   public int getSizeOfLogQueue() {
-    return this.lastQueueSize;
+    return singleSourceSource.getSizeOfLogQueue();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
index 51ca7edcd77..7e58e4102aa 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/regionserver/ReplicationSource.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ public class ReplicationSource extends Thread
   private WALEntryFilter walEntryFilter;
   // throttler
   private ReplicationThrottler throttler;
-  private AtomicInteger logQueueSize = new AtomicInteger(0);
   private ConcurrentHashMap<String, ReplicationSourceWorkerThread> workerThreads =
       new ConcurrentHashMap<String, ReplicationSourceWorkerThread>();
 
@@ -221,10 +219,10 @@ public class ReplicationSource extends Thread
       }
     }
     queue.put(log);
-    int queueSize = logQueueSize.incrementAndGet();
-    this.metrics.setSizeOfLogQueue(queueSize);
+    this.metrics.incrSizeOfLogQueue();
     // This will log a warning for each new log that gets created above the warn threshold
-    if (queue.size() > this.logQueueWarnThreshold) {
+    int queueSize = queue.size();
+    if (queueSize > this.logQueueWarnThreshold) {
       LOG.warn("WAL group " + logPrefix + " queue size: " + queueSize
           + " exceeds value of replication.source.log.queue.warn: " + logQueueWarnThreshold);
     }
@@ -510,7 +508,8 @@ public class ReplicationSource extends Thread
     private long currentNbHFiles = 0;
 
     public ReplicationSourceWorkerThread(String walGroupId,
-        PriorityBlockingQueue<Path> queue, ReplicationQueueInfo replicationQueueInfo, ReplicationSource source) {
+        PriorityBlockingQueue<Path> queue, ReplicationQueueInfo replicationQueueInfo,
+        ReplicationSource source) {
       this.walGroupId = walGroupId;
       this.queue = queue;
       this.replicationQueueInfo = replicationQueueInfo;
@@ -769,8 +768,7 @@ public class ReplicationSource extends Thread
       try {
         if (this.currentPath == null) {
           this.currentPath = queue.poll(sleepForRetries, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-          int queueSize = logQueueSize.decrementAndGet();
-          metrics.setSizeOfLogQueue(queueSize);
+          metrics.decrSizeOfLogQueue();
           if (this.currentPath != null) {
             // For recovered queue: must use peerClusterZnode since peerId is a parsed value
             manager.cleanOldLogs(this.currentPath.getName(), peerClusterZnode,