diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
index c31aedb8a96..964d4f9140d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class StochasticLoadBalancer extends BaseLoadBalancer {
     pickers = new RegionPicker[] {
       new RandomRegionPicker(),
       new LoadPicker(),
-      //localityPicker
+      localityPicker
     };
 
     regionLoadFunctions = new CostFromRegionLoadFunction[] {