diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
index c0772e244cb..9d7948829d1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RowResource.java
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
     } finally {
       if (table != null) try {
         table.close();
-      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
+      } catch (IOException ioe) {
+        LOG.debug("Exception received while closing the table", ioe);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -555,7 +557,9 @@ public class RowResource extends ResourceBase {
     } finally {
       if (table != null) try {
         table.close();
-      } catch (IOException ioe) { }
+      } catch (IOException ioe) {
+        LOG.debug("Exception received while closing the table", ioe);
+      }
     }
   }
 }