diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 493915d3307..41581f28001 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ Release 0.92.0 - Unreleased
                it will affect read correctness (Chunhui)
    HBASE-5137  MasterFileSystem.splitLog() should abort even if waitOnSafeMode() throws IOException(Ted)
    HBASE-5121  MajorCompaction may affect scan's correctness (chunhui shen and Lars H)
+   HBASE-5143  Fix config typo in pluggable load balancer factory (Harsh J)
 
   TESTS
    HBASE-4450  test for number of blocks read: to serve as baseline for expected
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index 904e2d27122..8370ef880c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public final class HConstants {
   /** Cluster is in distributed mode or not */
   public static final String CLUSTER_DISTRIBUTED = "hbase.cluster.distributed";
 
+  /** Config for pluggable load balancers */
+  public static final String HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS = "hbase.master.loadbalancer.class";
+
   /** Cluster is standalone or pseudo-distributed */
   public static final String CLUSTER_IS_LOCAL = "false";
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/LoadBalancerFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/LoadBalancerFactory.java
index 89685bb46d9..3a22e468dd4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/LoadBalancerFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/LoadBalancerFactory.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ public class LoadBalancerFactory {
   public static LoadBalancer getLoadBalancer(Configuration conf) {
 
     // Create the balancer
-    Class<? extends LoadBalancer> balancerKlass = conf.getClass("hbase.maser.loadBalancer.class",DefaultLoadBalancer.class, LoadBalancer.class);
+    Class<? extends LoadBalancer> balancerKlass = conf.getClass(
+        HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS,
+        DefaultLoadBalancer.class, LoadBalancer.class);
     return ReflectionUtils.newInstance(balancerKlass, conf);
 
   }