diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RegionsResource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RegionsResource.java
index b19a1d3c548..c5667a131a6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RegionsResource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RegionsResource.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class RegionsResource extends ResourceBase {
     try {
       return ((HTable)table).getRegionsInfo();
     } finally {
-      pool.putTable(table);
+      table.close();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
index e32e2be6105..db4fa60a14e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
@@ -213,14 +213,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
       throw new WebApplicationException(e,
                   Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
     } finally {
-      if (table != null) {
-        try {
-          pool.putTable(table);
-        } catch (IOException ioe) {
-          throw new WebApplicationException(ioe,
-              Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
-        }
-      }
+      if (table != null) try {
+        table.close();
+      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
     }
   }
 
@@ -275,14 +270,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
       throw new WebApplicationException(e,
                   Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
     } finally {
-      if (table != null) {
-        try {
-          pool.putTable(table);
-        } catch (IOException ioe) {
-          throw new WebApplicationException(ioe,
-              Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
-        }
-      }
+      if (table != null) try {
+        table.close();
+      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
     }
   }
 
@@ -373,14 +363,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
       throw new WebApplicationException(e, 
                   Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
     } finally {
-      if (table != null) {
-        try {
-          pool.putTable(table);
-        } catch (IOException ioe) {
-          throw new WebApplicationException(ioe,
-              Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
-        }
-      }
+      if (table != null) try {
+        table.close();
+      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
     }
     return Response.ok().build();
   }
@@ -450,14 +435,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new WebApplicationException(e, Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
     } finally {
-      try {
-        if(table != null){
-          pool.putTable(table);
-        }
-      } catch (Exception ioe) {
-        throw new WebApplicationException(ioe,
-          Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
-      }
+      if (table != null) try {
+        table.close();
+      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
     }
   }
 
@@ -518,12 +498,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new WebApplicationException(e, Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
     } finally {
-      try {
-        pool.putTable(table);
-      } catch (Exception ioe) {
-        throw new WebApplicationException(ioe,
-          Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
-      }
+      if (table != null) try {
+        table.close();
+      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResultGenerator.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResultGenerator.java
index 84891cf0508..3bed1b5b763 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResultGenerator.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResultGenerator.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class RowResultGenerator extends ResultGenerator {
       // the log.
       LOG.warn(StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
     } finally {
-      pool.putTable(table);
+      table.close();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/ScannerResultGenerator.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/ScannerResultGenerator.java
index 69ff1f6982d..24330c80ab4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/ScannerResultGenerator.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/ScannerResultGenerator.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class ScannerResultGenerator extends ResultGenerator {
       id = Long.toString(System.currentTimeMillis()) +
              Integer.toHexString(scanner.hashCode());
     } finally {
-      pool.putTable(table);
+      table.close();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
index cff967aac9d..49fbf389988 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class SchemaResource extends ResourceBase {
     try {
       return table.getTableDescriptor();
     } finally {
-      pool.putTable(table);
+      table.close();
     }
   }