diff --git a/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/Procedure.java b/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/Procedure.java
index 43adba2bc21..361bf6f1d83 100644
--- a/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/Procedure.java
+++ b/hbase-procedure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/Procedure.java
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ public abstract class Procedure<TEnvironment> implements Comparable<Procedure<TE
     return false;
   }
 
+  public boolean needLock() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /**
    * The user should override this method if they need a lock on an Entity. A lock can be anything,
    * and it is up to the implementor. The Procedure Framework will call this method just before it
@@ -974,6 +978,9 @@ public abstract class Procedure<TEnvironment> implements Comparable<Procedure<TE
     if (waitInitialized(env)) {
       return LockState.LOCK_EVENT_WAIT;
     }
+    if (!needLock()) {
+      return LockState.LOCK_ACQUIRED;
+    }
     if (lockedWhenLoading) {
       // reset it so we will not consider it anymore
       lockedWhenLoading = false;
@@ -1000,6 +1007,10 @@ public abstract class Procedure<TEnvironment> implements Comparable<Procedure<TE
    * Internal method called by the ProcedureExecutor that starts the user-level code releaseLock().
    */
   final void doReleaseLock(TEnvironment env, ProcedureStore store) {
+    if (!needLock()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     locked = false;
     // persist that we have released the lock. This must be done before we actually release the
     // lock. Another procedure may take this lock immediately after we release the lock, and if we
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/MasterProcedureScheduler.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/MasterProcedureScheduler.java
index fbf0eb8abf3..69cc2011ab9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/MasterProcedureScheduler.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/MasterProcedureScheduler.java
@@ -149,19 +149,22 @@ public class MasterProcedureScheduler extends AbstractProcedureScheduler {
     Procedure<?> proc, boolean addFront) {
     queue.add(proc, addFront);
     // For the following conditions, we will put the queue back into execution
-    // 1. The procedure has already held the lock, or the lock has been restored when restarting,
+    // 1. The procedure does not need any lock at all.
+    // 2. The procedure has already held the lock, or the lock has been restored when restarting,
     // which means it can be executed immediately.
-    // 2. The exclusive lock for this queue has not been held.
-    // 3. The given procedure has the exclusive lock permission for this queue.
+    // 3. The exclusive lock for this queue has not been held.
+    // 4. The given procedure has the exclusive lock permission for this queue.
     Supplier<String> reason = null;
-    if (proc.hasLock()) {
+    if (!proc.needLock()) {
+      reason = () -> proc + " does not need any lock";
+    } else if (proc.needLock() && proc.hasLock()) {
       reason = () -> proc + " has lock";
     } else if (proc.isLockedWhenLoading()) {
       reason = () -> proc + " restores lock when restarting";
     } else if (!queue.getLockStatus().hasExclusiveLock()) {
       reason = () -> "the exclusive lock is not held by anyone when adding " + proc;
     } else if (queue.getLockStatus().hasLockAccess(proc)) {
-      reason = () -> proc + " has the excusive lock access";
+      reason = () -> proc + " has the exclusive lock access";
     }
     if (reason != null) {
       addToRunQueue(fairq, queue, reason);
@@ -219,6 +222,9 @@ public class MasterProcedureScheduler extends AbstractProcedureScheduler {
     // procedures, then we give up and remove the queue from run queue.
     for (int i = 0, n = rq.size(); i < n; i++) {
       Procedure<?> proc = rq.poll();
+      if (!proc.needLock()) {
+        return proc;
+      }
       if (isLockReady(proc, rq)) {
         // the queue is empty, remove from run queue
         if (rq.isEmpty()) {
@@ -368,6 +374,13 @@ public class MasterProcedureScheduler extends AbstractProcedureScheduler {
 
   private static <T extends Comparable<T>> void removeFromRunQueue(FairQueue<T> fairq,
     Queue<T> queue, Supplier<String> reason) {
+    if (hasNoLockNeededProcedure(queue)) {
+      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+        LOG.trace("DO NOT remove {} from run queue because There are still procedures in the "
+          + "queue that do not need to acquire locks", queue);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Remove {} from run queue because: {}", queue, reason.get());
     }
@@ -376,6 +389,19 @@ public class MasterProcedureScheduler extends AbstractProcedureScheduler {
     }
   }
 
+  private static <T extends Comparable<T>> boolean hasNoLockNeededProcedure(Queue<T> q) {
+    boolean ret = false;
+    // TODO: Iterate Queue in a more efficient way ?
+    for (int i = 0, n = q.size(); i < n; i++) {
+      Procedure<?> proc = q.poll();
+      if (!proc.needLock()) {
+        ret = true;
+      }
+      q.add(proc, false);
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
   // ============================================================================
   // Table Queue Lookup Helpers
   // ============================================================================
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
index 0cf34126a94..f9ebb9504b4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
@@ -1200,4 +1200,28 @@ public class TestMasterProcedureScheduler {
     queue.wakeRegion(proc, regionInfo);
     queue.wakeTableExclusiveLock(parentProc, tableName);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDirectlyScheduleProcedureThatDoesNotNeedLock() {
+    TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName());
+    TestTableProcedure xLockNeededProc =
+      new TestTableProcedure(1, tableName, TableOperationType.DELETE);
+    TestTableProcedure noLockNeededProc =
+      new TestTableProcedure(2, tableName, TableOperationType.READ) {
+        @Override
+        public boolean needLock() {
+          return false;
+        }
+      };
+    queue.addBack(xLockNeededProc);
+    queue.addBack(noLockNeededProc);
+
+    assertSame(xLockNeededProc, queue.poll());
+    assertEquals(1, queue.size());
+
+    // now the table exclusive lock has been acquired
+    assertFalse(queue.waitTableExclusiveLock(xLockNeededProc, tableName));
+
+    assertSame(noLockNeededProc, queue.poll());
+  }
 }