diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 77e2bb57747..4dd4999bfc9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 HBase Change Log
+Release 0.93.0 - Unreleased
 
-Release 0.91.0 - Unreleased
+Release 0.92.0 - Unreleased
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
    HBASE-2002  Coprocessors: Client side support; Support RPC interface
                changes at runtime (Gary Helmling via Andrew Purtell)
@@ -293,6 +294,8 @@ Release 0.91.0 - Unreleased
                (Ramkrishna)
    HBASE-4452  Possibility of RS opening a region though tickleOpening fails due to
                znode version mismatch (Ramkrishna)
+   HBASE-4446  Rolling restart RSs scenario, regions could stay in OPENING state
+               (Ming Ma)
 
   TESTS
    HBASE-4450  test for number of blocks read: to serve as baseline for expected
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 c53d3be477c..79ddf145a3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
     // to OFFLINE state meanwhile the RS could have opened the corresponding
     // region and the state in znode will be RS_ZK_REGION_OPENED.
     // For all other cases we can change the in-memory state to OFFLINE.
-    if (hijack && 
+    if (hijack &&
         (state.getState().equals(RegionState.State.PENDING_OPEN) || 
             state.getState().equals(RegionState.State.OPENING))) {
       state.update(RegionState.State.PENDING_OPEN);
@@ -2504,7 +2504,8 @@ public class AssignmentManager extends ZooKeeperListener {
         LOG.debug("Region has transitioned to OPENED, allowing "
             + "watched event handlers to process");
         return;
-      } else if (dataInZNode.getEventType() != EventType.RS_ZK_REGION_OPENING) {
+      } else if (dataInZNode.getEventType() != EventType.RS_ZK_REGION_OPENING &&
+          dataInZNode.getEventType() != EventType.RS_ZK_REGION_FAILED_OPEN ) {
         LOG.warn("While timing out a region in state OPENING, "
             + "found ZK node in unexpected state: "
             + dataInZNode.getEventType());