diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
index 03c0e14f3fb..31484bb5fb4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/CallRunner.java
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ public class CallRunner {
 
   public void run() {
     try {
+      if (!call.connection.channel.isOpen()) {
+        if (RpcServer.LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+          RpcServer.LOG.debug(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ": skipped " + call);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
       this.status.setStatus("Setting up call");
       this.status.setConnection(call.connection.getHostAddress(), call.connection.getRemotePort());
       if (RpcServer.LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -147,4 +153,4 @@ public class CallRunner {
     RpcServer.MONITORED_RPC.set(status);
     return status;
   }
-}
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+}