diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 7f8326ab18c..8e17decb52d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1508,13 +1508,16 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize, PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Regi
     MonitoredTask status = TaskMonitor.get().createStatus(
         "Closing region " + this.getRegionInfo().getEncodedName() +
         (abort ? " due to abort" : ""));
-
+    status.enableStatusJournal(false);
     status.setStatus("Waiting for close lock");
     try {
       synchronized (closeLock) {
         return doClose(abort, status);
       }
     } finally {
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("Region close journal:\n" + status.prettyPrintJournal());
+      }
       status.cleanup();
     }
   }