diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
index c21844a0548..62258978178 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
     return true;
   }
 
-  void invokeAssign(HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
+  public void invokeAssign(HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
     invokeAssign(regionInfo, true);
   }
 
@@ -3421,12 +3421,6 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
         new AssignCallable(this, regionInfo, true)), sleepMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
-  public void invokeAssignLaterOnFailure(HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
-    long sleepTime = backoffPolicy.getBackoffTime(retryConfig,
-        failedOpenTracker.get(regionInfo.getEncodedName()).get());
-    invokeAssignLater(regionInfo, sleepTime);
-  }
-
   void invokeUnAssign(HRegionInfo regionInfo) {
     threadPoolExecutorService.submit(new UnAssignCallable(this, regionInfo));
   }
@@ -4498,8 +4492,10 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
   }
 
   private class DelayedAssignCallable implements Runnable {
-    Callable callable;
-    public DelayedAssignCallable(Callable callable) {
+
+    private final Callable<?> callable;
+
+    public DelayedAssignCallable(Callable<?> callable) {
       this.callable = callable;
     }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/ClosedRegionHandler.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/ClosedRegionHandler.java
index 04106d821b6..448d483e861 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/ClosedRegionHandler.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/handler/ClosedRegionHandler.java
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ public class ClosedRegionHandler extends EventHandler implements TotesHRegionInf
       regionInfo, RegionState.State.CLOSED);
     // This below has to do w/ online enable/disable of a table
     assignmentManager.removeClosedRegion(regionInfo);
-    assignmentManager.invokeAssignLaterOnFailure(regionInfo);
+    assignmentManager.invokeAssign(regionInfo);
   }
 }