diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
index 96adefe4020..d437285b120 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
       while (!this.master.isStopped()) {
         try {
           this.serverManager.sendRegionOpen(destination, regions);
+          break;
         } catch (org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.ServerNotRunningException e) {
           // This is the one exception to retry.  For all else we should just fail
           // the startup.