diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClientImpl.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClientImpl.java
index cb189524e76..92ae24fd235 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClientImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClientImpl.java
@@ -923,9 +923,8 @@ public class RpcClientImpl extends AbstractRpcClient {
 
       // call close outside of the synchronized (outLock) to prevent deadlock - HBASE-14474
       if (writeException != null) {
-        if (markClosed(writeException)) {
-          close();
-        }
+        markClosed(writeException);
+        close();
       }
 
       // We added a call, and may be started the connection close. In both cases, we