diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionRegistryFactory.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionRegistryFactory.java
index 93084437a42..5688dea3b8f 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionRegistryFactory.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionRegistryFactory.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ final class ConnectionRegistryFactory {
    */
   static ConnectionRegistry getRegistry(Configuration conf) {
     Class<? extends ConnectionRegistry> clazz = conf.getClass(
-        CLIENT_CONNECTION_REGISTRY_IMPL_CONF_KEY, ZKConnectionRegistry.class,
+        CLIENT_CONNECTION_REGISTRY_IMPL_CONF_KEY, MasterRegistry.class,
         ConnectionRegistry.class);
     return ReflectionUtils.newInstance(clazz, conf);
   }