diff --git a/bin/hbase b/bin/hbase
index 62025f2c156..d29963b9273 100755
--- a/bin/hbase
+++ b/bin/hbase
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ fi
 
 # Exec unless HBASE_NOEXEC is set.
 if [ "${HBASE_NOEXEC}" != "" ]; then
-  "$JAVA" -Dproc_$COMMAND {-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p" $JAVA_HEAP_MAX $HBASE_OPTS -classpath "$CLASSPATH" $CLASS "$@"
+  "$JAVA" -Dproc_$COMMAND -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p" $JAVA_HEAP_MAX $HBASE_OPTS -classpath "$CLASSPATH" $CLASS "$@"
 else
   exec "$JAVA" -Dproc_$COMMAND -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p" $JAVA_HEAP_MAX $HBASE_OPTS -classpath "$CLASSPATH" $CLASS "$@"
 fi