diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 0fffe88e820..61708883f6a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -3166,8 +3166,10 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
         try {
           // if atomic then get exclusive lock, else shared lock
           rowLock = region.getRowLockInternal(mutation.getRow(), !isAtomic(), prevRowLock);
-        } catch (TimeoutIOException e) {
-          // We will retry when other exceptions, but we should stop if we timeout .
+        } catch (TimeoutIOException|InterruptedIOException e) {
+          // NOTE: We will retry when other exceptions, but we should stop if we receive
+          // TimeoutIOException or InterruptedIOException as operation has timed out or
+          // interrupted respectively.
           throw e;
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
           LOG.warn("Failed getting lock, row=" + Bytes.toStringBinary(mutation.getRow()), ioe);