diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
index b4f45953851..8aeccb63492 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Writables;
  * @see HConnection
  * @see HConnectionManager
  */
-public class HTable implements HTableInterface, Closeable {
+public class HTable implements HTableInterface {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HTable.class);
   private HConnection connection;
   private final byte [] tableName;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java
index 0bc9577bb67..8af8c2814d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  *
  * @since 0.21.0
  */
-public interface HTableInterface {
+public interface HTableInterface extends Closeable {
 
   /**
    * Gets the name of this table.