diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
index 46531b86040..5ec57b289a1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ public class MasterFileSystem {
       HRegionInfo metaHRI = new HRegionInfo(HRegionInfo.FIRST_META_REGIONINFO);
       setInfoFamilyCachingForMeta(false);
       HRegion meta = HRegion.createHRegion(metaHRI, rd, c,
-          HTableDescriptor.META_TABLEDESC);
+          HTableDescriptor.META_TABLEDESC, null, true, true);
       setInfoFamilyCachingForMeta(true);
       HRegion.closeHRegion(meta);
     } catch (IOException e) {