diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 48454ba8fa2..225d9536e80 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
                interface
    HBASE-1594  Fix scan addcolumns after hbase-1385 commit (broken hudson build)
    HBASE-1595  hadoop-default.xml and zoo.cfg in hbase jar
+   HBASE-1602  HRegionServer won't go down since we added in new LruBlockCache
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockCache.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockCache.java
index 93be27a462f..18392cba87d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockCache.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/BlockCache.java
@@ -46,5 +46,10 @@ public interface BlockCache {
    * @param blockName Block number to fetch.
    * @return Block or null if block is not in the cache.
    */
-  public ByteBuffer getBlock(String blockName);  
+  public ByteBuffer getBlock(String blockName);
+
+  /**
+   * Shutdown the cache.
+   */
+  public void shutdown();
 }
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diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
index 88f5a049919..511ce4b84d4 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/LruBlockCache.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.PriorityQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class LruBlockCache implements BlockCache, HeapSize {
   private final EvictionThread evictionThread;
   
   /** Statistics thread schedule pool (for heavy debugging, could remove) */
-  private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduleThreadPool = 
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduleThreadPool =
     Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
   
   /** Current size of cache */
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public class LruBlockCache implements BlockCache, HeapSize {
       
       long bytesToFree = size.get() - minSize();
       
-      LOG.info("Block cache LRU eviction started.  Attempting to free " + 
+      LOG.debug("Block cache LRU eviction started.  Attempting to free " + 
           bytesToFree + " bytes");
       
       if(bytesToFree <= 0) return;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public class LruBlockCache implements BlockCache, HeapSize {
         remainingBuckets--;
       }
       
-      LOG.info("Block cache LRU eviction completed. " + 
+      LOG.debug("Block cache LRU eviction completed. " + 
           "Freed " + bytesFreed + " bytes");
       
     } finally {
@@ -659,5 +659,8 @@ public class LruBlockCache implements BlockCache, HeapSize {
   private long memorySize() {
     return (long)Math.floor(this.maxSize * this.memoryFactor * this.minFactor);
   }
-  
+
+  public void shutdown() {
+    this.scheduleThreadPool.shutdown();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/SimpleBlockCache.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/SimpleBlockCache.java
index c904c164abe..a2ba94a71b8 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/SimpleBlockCache.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/SimpleBlockCache.java
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ public class SimpleBlockCache implements BlockCache {
       boolean inMemory) {
     cache.put(blockName, new Ref(blockName, buf, q));
   }
+
+  public void shutdown() {
+    // noop
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 3d1103da2ba..eebd82ab779 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ public class HRegionServer implements HConstants, HRegionInterface,
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
     }
+    // Send cache a shutdown.
+    LruBlockCache c = (LruBlockCache)StoreFile.getBlockCache(this.conf);
+    if (c != null) c.shutdown();
 
     // Send interrupts to wake up threads if sleeping so they notice shutdown.
     // TODO: Should we check they are alive?  If OOME could have exited already