diff --git a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
index 5e138495ed9..f2a89af6b8b 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-metrics-api/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>checkstyle</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricRegistriesLoader.java b/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricRegistriesLoader.java
index d398c257074..f084d997361 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricRegistriesLoader.java
+++ b/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricRegistriesLoader.java
@@ -17,28 +17,29 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics;
 
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class MetricRegistriesLoader {
+public final class MetricRegistriesLoader {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MetricRegistries.class);
 
   private static final String defaultClass
       = "org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.impl.MetricRegistriesImpl";
 
+  private MetricRegistriesLoader() {
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a {@link MetricRegistries} instance using the corresponding {@link MetricRegistries}
    * available to {@link ServiceLoader} on the classpath. If no instance is found, then default
diff --git a/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricSet.java b/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricSet.java
index 41ddcee2f57..5e1c873ce8b 100644
--- a/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricSet.java
+++ b/hbase-metrics-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/MetricSet.java
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;
 @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC)
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public interface MetricSet extends Metric {
-    /**
-     * A map of metric names to metrics.
-     *
-     * @return the metrics
-     */
-    Map<String, Metric> getMetrics();
+  /**
+   * A map of metric names to metrics.
+   *
+   * @return the metrics
+   */
+  Map<String, Metric> getMetrics();
 }