diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionScannerImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionScannerImpl.java
index a59f643322f..612bb5c9e37 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionScannerImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionScannerImpl.java
@@ -269,11 +269,9 @@ class RegionScannerImpl implements RegionScanner, Shipper, RpcCallback {
       outResults.addAll(tmpList);
     }
 
-    if (!outResults.isEmpty()) {
-      region.addReadRequestsCount(1);
-      if (region.getMetrics() != null) {
-        region.getMetrics().updateReadRequestCount();
-      }
+    region.addReadRequestsCount(1);
+    if (region.getMetrics() != null) {
+      region.getMetrics().updateReadRequestCount();
     }
 
     // If the size limit was reached it means a partial Result is being returned. Returning a
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/TestTransitRegionStateProcedure.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/TestTransitRegionStateProcedure.java
index c55a9f966b6..477069092fd 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/TestTransitRegionStateProcedure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/TestTransitRegionStateProcedure.java
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ public class TestTransitRegionStateProcedure {
     long openSeqNum2 = region2.getOpenSeqNum();
     // confirm that the region is successfully opened
     assertTrue(openSeqNum2 > openSeqNum);
-    assertEquals(1, region2.getReadRequestsCount());
+    // we check the available by scan after table created,
+    // so the readRequestsCount should be 2 here
+    assertEquals(2, region2.getReadRequestsCount());
     assertEquals(2, region2.getWriteRequestsCount());
   }