diff --git a/contrib/stargate/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/stargate/util/UserData.java b/contrib/stargate/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/stargate/util/UserData.java
index 0fd2252b149..16874d461de 100644
--- a/contrib/stargate/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/stargate/util/UserData.java
+++ b/contrib/stargate/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/stargate/util/UserData.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class UserData {
   }
 
   public synchronized Object remove(int sel) {
-    return remove(sel);
+    return data.remove(sel);
   }
 
 }