diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
index f02ef1dd3c8..30818119dbb 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/BaseLoadBalancer.java
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public abstract class BaseLoadBalancer implements LoadBalancer {
     float average = cs.getLoadAverage(); // for logging
     int floor = (int) Math.floor(average * (1 - slop));
     int ceiling = (int) Math.ceil(average * (1 + slop));
-    if (!(cs.getMinLoad() > ceiling || cs.getMaxLoad() < floor)) {
+    if (!(cs.getMaxLoad() > ceiling || cs.getMinLoad() < floor)) {
       NavigableMap<ServerAndLoad, List<HRegionInfo>> serversByLoad = cs.getServersByLoad();
       if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
         // If nothing to balance, then don't say anything unless trace-level logging.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/ClusterLoadState.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/ClusterLoadState.java
index 9bf4b59b49e..64c1921cd75 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/ClusterLoadState.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/ClusterLoadState.java
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ public class ClusterLoadState {
     return (float) numRegions / numServers;
   }
 
-  int getMinLoad() {
+  int getMaxLoad() {
     return getServersByLoad().lastKey().getLoad();
   }
 
-  int getMaxLoad() {
+  int getMinLoad() {
     return getServersByLoad().firstKey().getLoad();
   }