diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/MergeTableRegionsProcedure.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/MergeTableRegionsProcedure.java
index 74d9b75a95b..9aaf297dd01 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/MergeTableRegionsProcedure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/MergeTableRegionsProcedure.java
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ public class MergeTableRegionsProcedure
   throws IOException {
     GetRegionInfoResponse response =
       Util.getRegionInfoResponse(env, rs.getServerName(), rs.getRegion());
-    return response.hasSplittable() && response.getSplittable();
+    return response.hasMergeable() && response.getMergeable();
   }
 
   /**