diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/JitterScheduledThreadPoolExecutorImpl.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/JitterScheduledThreadPoolExecutorImpl.java
index 7e7239e6805..ca152860e18 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/JitterScheduledThreadPoolExecutorImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/JitterScheduledThreadPoolExecutorImpl.java
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ public class JitterScheduledThreadPoolExecutorImpl extends ScheduledThreadPoolEx
     public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
       long baseDelay = wrapped.getDelay(unit);
       long spreadTime = (long) (baseDelay * spread);
-      long delay = spreadTime <= 0 ? baseDelay
-          : baseDelay + ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(-spreadTime, spreadTime);
+      long delay = baseDelay + ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(-spreadTime, spreadTime);
       // Ensure that we don't roll over for nanoseconds.
       return (delay < 0) ? baseDelay : delay;
     }