diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
index 86884be50ee..f67d6afadba 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
@@ -1852,6 +1852,14 @@ public class AccessController implements MasterCoprocessor, RegionCoprocessor,
     scannerOwners.remove(s);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  @Deprecated // Removed in later versions by HBASE-25277
+  public boolean postScannerFilterRow(final ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e,
+      final InternalScanner s, final Cell curRowCell, final boolean hasMore) throws IOException {
+    // 'default' in RegionObserver might do unnecessary copy for Off heap backed Cells.
+    return hasMore;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Verify, when servicing an RPC, that the caller is the scanner owner.
    * If so, we assume that access control is correctly enforced based on