diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java
index d315b8124d3..8a80d15a3f3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java
@@ -750,6 +750,6 @@ public class Import {
       }
     }
 
-    System.exit(job.waitForCompletion(true) ? 0 : 1);
+    System.exit(isJobSuccessful ? 0 : 1);
   }
 }