diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
index 8388420a6cc..ec4c14a62a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
@@ -355,10 +355,11 @@ class MemStoreFlusher extends Thread implements FlushRequester {
           // Note: We don't impose blockingStoreFiles constraint on meta regions
           LOG.warn("Region " + region.getRegionNameAsString() + " has too many " +
             "store files; delaying flush up to " + this.blockingWaitTime + "ms");
+          if (!this.server.compactSplitThread.requestSplit(region)) {
+            this.server.compactSplitThread.requestCompaction(region, getName());
+          }
         }
-        if (!this.server.compactSplitThread.requestSplit(region)) {
-          this.server.compactSplitThread.requestCompaction(region, getName());
-        }
+
         // Put back on the queue.  Have it come back out of the queue
         // after a delay of this.blockingWaitTime / 100 ms.
         this.flushQueue.add(fqe.requeue(this.blockingWaitTime / 100));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
index 93577b0ce48..7761c42ae54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Store.java
@@ -1003,7 +1003,8 @@ public class Store implements HeapSize {
     }
 
     if (filesToCompact.isEmpty()) {
-      LOG.debug(this.storeNameStr + ": no store files to compact");
+      LOG.debug(this.getHRegionInfo().getEncodedName() + " - " +
+        this.storeNameStr + ": no store files to compact");
       return filesToCompact;
     }