diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/MetaTableLocator.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/MetaTableLocator.java
index 0b53f9503ba..b2c5886cc5f 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/MetaTableLocator.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/MetaTableLocator.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.NoRouteToHostException;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
-import java.rmi.UnknownHostException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;