diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/webapp/MetaBrowser.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/webapp/MetaBrowser.java
index 5b07427599c..65d88c6a362 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/webapp/MetaBrowser.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/webapp/MetaBrowser.java
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public class MetaBrowser {
       return null;
     }
     try {
-      return T.valueOf(clazz, value);
+      return Enum.valueOf(clazz, value);
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       return null;
     }