diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/RegionStateStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/RegionStateStore.java
index 48ec4fbba0c..0e1ce71dda7 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/RegionStateStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/assignment/RegionStateStore.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class RegionStateStore {
         .setType(Cell.Type.Put)
         .setValue(Bytes.toBytes(state.name()))
         .build());
-    LOG.info(info.toString());
+    LOG.info(info.toString(), new Exception());
     updateRegionLocation(regionInfo, state, put);
   }