diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
index 9ddd03770d5..a0178206b91 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
@@ -2785,6 +2785,11 @@ public class HStore implements Store {
             r.close(true);
             // Just close and return
             filesToRemove.add(file);
+          } else {
+            LOG.info("Can't archive compacted file " + file.getPath()
+                + " because of either isCompactedAway = " + r.isCompactedAway()
+                + " or file has reference, isReferencedInReads = " + r.isReferencedInReads()
+                + ", skipping for now.");
           }
         } catch (Exception e) {
           LOG.error(