diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionStates.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionStates.java
index 5d4bc77560f..ee93c0bf882 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionStates.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionStates.java
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ public class RegionStates {
       Set<HRegionInfo> regions = e.getValue();
       ServerName serverName = e.getKey();
       int regionCount = regions.size();
-      if (regionCount > 0 || serverManager.isServerOnline(serverName)) {
+      if (serverManager.isServerOnline(serverName)) {
         totalLoad += regionCount;
         numServers++;
       }