diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClient.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClient.java
index f624608e0d1..cc4253c99ac 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClient.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClient.java
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ public class NettyHBaseSaslRpcClient extends AbstractHBaseSaslRpcClient {
 
   public void setupSaslHandler(ChannelPipeline p) {
     String qop = (String) saslClient.getNegotiatedProperty(Sasl.QOP);
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-      LOG.debug("SASL client context established. Negotiated QoP: " + qop);
-    }
+    LOG.trace("SASL client context established. Negotiated QoP " + qop);
     if (qop == null || "auth".equalsIgnoreCase(qop)) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler.java
index 50609b4b3e1..5abf085e9e6 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler.java
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ public class NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<
   }
 
   private void writeResponse(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, byte[] response) {
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-      LOG.debug("Will send token of size " + response.length + " from initSASLContext.");
-    }
+    LOG.trace("Will send token of size " + response.length + " from initSASLContext.");
     ctx.writeAndFlush(
       ctx.alloc().buffer(4 + response.length).writeInt(response.length).writeBytes(response));
   }
@@ -109,9 +107,7 @@ public class NettyHBaseSaslRpcClientHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<
       }
       return;
     }
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-      LOG.debug("Will read input token of size " + len + " for processing by initSASLContext");
-    }
+    LOG.trace("Will read input token of size " + len + " for processing by initSASLContext");
     final byte[] challenge = new byte[len];
     msg.readBytes(challenge);
     byte[] response = ugi.doAs(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<byte[]>() {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/RegionLocationFinder.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/RegionLocationFinder.java
index 06ab3b53928..39da01bec36 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/RegionLocationFinder.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/RegionLocationFinder.java
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ class RegionLocationFinder {
         blockDistbn = cache.get(hri);
         return blockDistbn;
       } else {
-        LOG.debug("HDFSBlocksDistribution not found in cache for region "
-            + hri.getRegionNameAsString());
+        LOG.trace("HDFSBlocksDistribution not found in cache for region " + hri.getRegionNameAsString());
         blockDistbn = internalGetTopBlockLocation(hri);
         cache.put(hri, blockDistbn);
         return blockDistbn;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
index 8d95cd413ec..6feff90435c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/CleanerChore.java
@@ -292,9 +292,7 @@ public abstract class CleanerChore<T extends FileCleanerDelegate> extends Schedu
         POOL.updatePool((long) (0.8 * getTimeUnit().toMillis(getPeriod())));
       }
     } else {
-      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-        LOG.trace("Cleaner chore disabled! Not cleaning.");
-      }
+      LOG.trace("Cleaner chore disabled! Not cleaning.");
     }
   }
 
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ public abstract class CleanerChore<T extends FileCleanerDelegate> extends Schedu
 
     @Override
     protected Boolean compute() {
-      LOG.debug("Cleaning under " + dir);
+      LOG.trace("Cleaning under " + dir);
       List<FileStatus> subDirs;
       final List<FileStatus> files;
       try {