diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
index 3647637beb8..574ae18eac8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
    * @param regionLocator region locator
    * @param silence true to ignore unmatched column families
    * @param copyFile always copy hfiles if true
-   * @return List of filenames which were not found
+   * @return Map of LoadQueueItem to region
    * @throws TableNotFoundException if table does not yet exist
    */
-  public List<String> doBulkLoad(Map<byte[], List<Path>> map, final Admin admin, Table table,
-          RegionLocator regionLocator, boolean silence, boolean copyFile)
-              throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
+  public Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> doBulkLoad(Map<byte[], List<Path>> map, final Admin admin,
+      Table table, RegionLocator regionLocator, boolean silence, boolean copyFile)
+          throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
     if (!admin.isTableAvailable(regionLocator.getName())) {
       throw new TableNotFoundException("Table " + table.getName() + " is not currently available.");
     }
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  List<String> performBulkLoad(final Admin admin, Table table, RegionLocator regionLocator,
-      Deque<LoadQueueItem> queue, ExecutorService pool,
+  Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> performBulkLoad(final Admin admin, Table table,
+      RegionLocator regionLocator, Deque<LoadQueueItem> queue, ExecutorService pool,
       SecureBulkLoadClient secureClient, boolean copyFile) throws IOException {
     int count = 0;
 
@@ -464,8 +464,9 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
     // fs is the source filesystem
     fsDelegationToken.acquireDelegationToken(fs);
     bulkToken = secureClient.prepareBulkLoad(admin.getConnection());
-    Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, List<String>> pair = null;
+    Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, Set<String>> pair = null;
 
+    Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> item2RegionMap = new HashMap<>();
     // Assumes that region splits can happen while this occurs.
     while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
       // need to reload split keys each iteration.
@@ -493,7 +494,8 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
             + " hfiles to one family of one region");
       }
 
-      bulkLoadPhase(table, admin.getConnection(), pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile);
+      bulkLoadPhase(table, admin.getConnection(), pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile,
+          item2RegionMap);
 
       // NOTE: The next iteration's split / group could happen in parallel to
       // atomic bulkloads assuming that there are splits and no merges, and
@@ -504,8 +506,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       throw new RuntimeException("Bulk load aborted with some files not yet loaded."
         + "Please check log for more details.");
     }
-    if (pair == null) return null;
-    return pair.getSecond();
+    return item2RegionMap;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       pool = createExecutorService();
       Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups =
           groupOrSplitPhase(table, pool, queue, startEndKeys).getFirst();
-      bulkLoadPhase(table, conn, pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile);
+      bulkLoadPhase(table, conn, pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile, null);
     } finally {
       if (pool != null) {
         pool.shutdown();
@@ -645,7 +646,8 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
    */
   protected void bulkLoadPhase(final Table table, final Connection conn,
       ExecutorService pool, Deque<LoadQueueItem> queue,
-      final Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups, boolean copyFile) throws IOException {
+      final Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups, boolean copyFile,
+      Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> item2RegionMap) throws IOException {
     // atomically bulk load the groups.
     Set<Future<List<LoadQueueItem>>> loadingFutures = new HashSet<>();
     for (Entry<ByteBuffer, ? extends Collection<LoadQueueItem>> e: regionGroups.asMap().entrySet()){
@@ -660,6 +662,11 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
           return toRetry;
         }
       };
+      if (item2RegionMap != null) {
+        for (LoadQueueItem lqi : lqis) {
+          item2RegionMap.put(lqi, e.getKey());
+        }
+      }
       loadingFutures.add(pool.submit(call));
     }
 
@@ -668,6 +675,11 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
       try {
         List<LoadQueueItem> toRetry = future.get();
 
+        if (item2RegionMap != null) {
+          for (LoadQueueItem lqi : toRetry) {
+            item2RegionMap.remove(lqi);
+          }
+        }
         // LQIs that are requeued to be regrouped.
         queue.addAll(toRetry);
 
@@ -717,17 +729,17 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
    * @param pool the ExecutorService
    * @param queue the queue for LoadQueueItem
    * @param startEndKeys start and end keys
-   * @return A map that groups LQI by likely bulk load region targets and List of missing hfiles.
+   * @return A map that groups LQI by likely bulk load region targets and Set of missing hfiles.
    */
-  private Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, List<String>> groupOrSplitPhase(
+  private Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, Set<String>> groupOrSplitPhase(
       final Table table, ExecutorService pool, Deque<LoadQueueItem> queue,
       final Pair<byte[][], byte[][]> startEndKeys) throws IOException {
     // <region start key, LQI> need synchronized only within this scope of this
     // phase because of the puts that happen in futures.
     Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> rgs = HashMultimap.create();
     final Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups = Multimaps.synchronizedMultimap(rgs);
-    List<String> missingHFiles = new ArrayList<>();
-    Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, List<String>> pair = new Pair<>(regionGroups,
+    Set<String> missingHFiles = new HashSet<>();
+    Pair<Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem>, Set<String>> pair = new Pair<>(regionGroups,
         missingHFiles);
 
     // drain LQIs and figure out bulk load groups
@@ -942,10 +954,10 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
         famPaths.add(Pair.newPair(lqi.family, lqi.hfilePath.toString()));
       }
     }
-    final ClientServiceCallable<Boolean> svrCallable = new ClientServiceCallable<Boolean>(conn,
+    final ClientServiceCallable<byte[]> svrCallable = new ClientServiceCallable<byte[]>(conn,
         tableName, first, rpcControllerFactory.newController()) {
       @Override
-      protected Boolean rpcCall() throws Exception {
+      protected byte[] rpcCall() throws Exception {
         SecureBulkLoadClient secureClient = null;
         boolean success = false;
         try {
@@ -957,7 +969,7 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
             success = secureClient.secureBulkLoadHFiles(getStub(), famPaths, regionName,
                   assignSeqIds, fsDelegationToken.getUserToken(), bulkToken, copyFile);
           }
-          return success;
+          return success ? regionName : null;
         } finally {
           //Best effort copying of files that might not have been imported
           //from the staging directory back to original location
@@ -999,10 +1011,10 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
     try {
       List<LoadQueueItem> toRetry = new ArrayList<>();
       Configuration conf = getConf();
-      boolean success = RpcRetryingCallerFactory.instantiate(conf,
-          null).<Boolean> newCaller()
+      byte[] region = RpcRetryingCallerFactory.instantiate(conf,
+          null).<byte[]> newCaller()
           .callWithRetries(svrCallable, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-      if (!success) {
+      if (region == null) {
         LOG.warn("Attempt to bulk load region containing "
             + Bytes.toStringBinary(first) + " into table "
             + tableName  + " with files " + lqis
@@ -1193,7 +1205,8 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
     LOG.info("Table "+ tableName +" is available!!");
   }
 
-  public List<String> run(String dirPath, Map<byte[], List<Path>> map, TableName tableName) throws Exception{
+  public Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> run(String dirPath, Map<byte[], List<Path>> map,
+      TableName tableName) throws Exception{
     initialize();
     try (Connection connection = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(getConf());
         Admin admin = connection.getAdmin()) {
@@ -1236,8 +1249,8 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
 
     String dirPath = args[0];
     TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf(args[1]);
-    List<String> missingHFiles = run(dirPath, null, tableName);
-    if (missingHFiles == null) return 0;
+    Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> loaded = run(dirPath, null, tableName);
+    if (loaded == null || !loaded.isEmpty()) return 0;
     return -1;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFiles.java
index fe7abcd6e65..ebc7c978581 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFiles.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoding;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileScanner;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.BloomType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MapReduceTests;
@@ -349,9 +352,13 @@ public class TestLoadIncrementalHFiles {
     String [] args= {dir.toString(), tableName.toString()};
     if (useMap) {
       fs.delete(last);
-      List<String> missingHFiles = loader.run(null, map, tableName);
+      Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> loaded = loader.run(null, map, tableName);
       expectedRows -= 1000;
-      assertTrue(missingHFiles.contains(last.getName()));
+      for (LoadQueueItem item : loaded.keySet()) {
+        if (item.hfilePath.getName().equals(last.getName())) {
+          fail(last + " should be missing");
+        }
+      }
     } else {
       loader.run(args);
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
index a1ed832b751..8337da80608 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ResultScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mapreduce.LoadIncrementalHFiles.LoadQueueItem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.ProtobufUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ClientProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ClientProtos.BulkLoadHFileRequest;
@@ -360,14 +362,15 @@ public class TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery {
         @Override
         protected void bulkLoadPhase(final Table htable, final Connection conn,
             ExecutorService pool, Deque<LoadQueueItem> queue,
-            final Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups, boolean copyFile)
+            final Multimap<ByteBuffer, LoadQueueItem> regionGroups, boolean copyFile,
+            Map<LoadQueueItem, ByteBuffer> item2RegionMap)
                 throws IOException {
           int i = attemptedCalls.incrementAndGet();
           if (i == 1) {
             // On first attempt force a split.
             forceSplit(table);
           }
-          super.bulkLoadPhase(htable, conn, pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile);
+          super.bulkLoadPhase(htable, conn, pool, queue, regionGroups, copyFile, item2RegionMap);
         }
       };