diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaReader.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaReader.java
index b59095b846f..bab471ef946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaReader.java
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class MetaReader {
       List<HRegionInfo> list = new ArrayList<HRegionInfo>();
       list.add(HRegionInfo.ROOT_REGIONINFO);
       return list;
-    } else if (Bytes.equals(tableName, HConstants.ROOT_TABLE_NAME)) {
+    } else if (Bytes.equals(tableName, HConstants.META_TABLE_NAME)) {
       // Same for .META. table
       List<HRegionInfo> list = new ArrayList<HRegionInfo>();
       list.add(HRegionInfo.FIRST_META_REGIONINFO);
@@ -419,4 +419,4 @@ public class MetaReader {
       metaServer.close(scannerid);
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}