diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
index d9ead3ba675..639aa8465cc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -39,43 +39,41 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Chore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseIOException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.DeserializationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NotServingRegionException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.RegionTransition;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Stoppable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.catalog.CatalogTracker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.catalog.MetaReader;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NotServingRegionException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionAlreadyInTransitionException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerStoppedException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.ServerNotRunningYetException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.DeserializationException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.ServerNotRunningYetException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.RegionState.State;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.FavoredNodeAssignmentHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.FavoredNodeLoadBalancer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.FavoredNodesPlan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.ClosedRegionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.DisableTableHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.EnableTableHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.MergedRegionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.OpenedRegionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.handler.SplitRegionHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionAlreadyInTransitionException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionOpeningState;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerStoppedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.EnvironmentEdgeManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.KeyLocker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Pair;
@@ -93,6 +91,7 @@ import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NoNodeException;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NodeExistsException;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.LinkedHashMultimap;
 
 /**
@@ -109,6 +108,11 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
   public static final ServerName HBCK_CODE_SERVERNAME = new ServerName(HConstants.HBCK_CODE_NAME,
       -1, -1L);
 
+  public static final String ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT = "hbase.master.assignment.timeoutmonitor.timeout";
+  public static final int DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 600000;
+  public static final String ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT = "hbase.assignment.timeout.management";
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT = false;
+
   protected final Server server;
 
   private ServerManager serverManager;
@@ -249,13 +253,14 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
     this.shouldAssignRegionsWithFavoredNodes = conf.getClass(
            HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS, Object.class).equals(
            FavoredNodeLoadBalancer.class);
-    this.tomActivated = conf.getBoolean("hbase.assignment.timeout.management", false);
+    this.tomActivated = conf.getBoolean(
+      ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT, DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT);
     if (tomActivated){
       this.serversInUpdatingTimer =  new ConcurrentSkipListSet<ServerName>();
       this.timeoutMonitor = new TimeoutMonitor(
         conf.getInt("hbase.master.assignment.timeoutmonitor.period", 30000),
         server, serverManager,
-        conf.getInt("hbase.master.assignment.timeoutmonitor.timeout", 600000));
+        conf.getInt(ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT));
       this.timerUpdater = new TimerUpdater(conf.getInt(
         "hbase.master.assignment.timerupdater.period", 10000), server);
       Threads.setDaemonThreadRunning(timerUpdater.getThread(),
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 13547315333..427df5fdacc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.BlockCache;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcCallContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.RpcServer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.monitoring.MonitoredTask;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.monitoring.TaskMonitor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.AdminProtos.GetRegionInfoResponse.CompactionState;
@@ -2921,8 +2922,8 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize { // , Writable{
             2000);
         // How often to send a progress report (default 1/2 master timeout)
         int period = this.conf.getInt("hbase.hstore.report.period",
-            this.conf.getInt("hbase.master.assignment.timeoutmonitor.timeout",
-                180000) / 2);
+          this.conf.getInt(AssignmentManager.ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT,
+            AssignmentManager.DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT) / 2);
         long lastReport = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTimeMillis();
 
         while ((entry = reader.next()) != null) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/OpenRegionHandler.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/OpenRegionHandler.java
index df3f6d37d8a..56fe8be6b6a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/OpenRegionHandler.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/handler/OpenRegionHandler.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Server;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerAccounting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionServerServices;
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.CancelableProgressable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKAssign;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKUtil;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
-
 /**
  * Handles opening of a region on a region server.
  * <p>
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ public class OpenRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
     this.htd = htd;
     this.versionOfOfflineNode = versionOfOfflineNode;
     tomActivated = this.server.getConfiguration().
-        getBoolean("hbase.assignment.timeout.management", false);
+      getBoolean(AssignmentManager.ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT,
+        AssignmentManager.DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_MANAGEMENT);
     assignmentTimeout = this.server.getConfiguration().
-        getInt("hbase.master.assignment.timeoutmonitor.period", 10000);
+      getInt(AssignmentManager.ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT,
+        AssignmentManager.DEFAULT_ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
   }
 
   public HRegionInfo getRegionInfo() {