diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransactionImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransactionImpl.java
index 3be9581e9cc..958e1f3c7a8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransactionImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SplitTransactionImpl.java
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ public class SplitTransactionImpl implements SplitTransaction {
     Put putParent = MetaTableAccessor.makePutFromRegionInfo(copyOfParent);
     MetaTableAccessor.addDaughtersToPut(putParent, splitA, splitB);
     mutations.add(putParent);
-
+    
     //Puts for daughters
     Put putA = MetaTableAccessor.makePutFromRegionInfo(splitA);
     Put putB = MetaTableAccessor.makePutFromRegionInfo(splitB);
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ public class SplitTransactionImpl implements SplitTransaction {
   class DaughterOpener extends HasThread {
     private final Server server;
     private final HRegion r;
-    private volatile Throwable t = null;
+    private Throwable t = null;
 
     DaughterOpener(final Server s, final HRegion r) {
       super((s == null? "null-services": s.getServerName()) +
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ public class SplitTransactionImpl implements SplitTransaction {
       return splitStoreFile(family, sf);
     }
   }
-
+  
   @Override
   public boolean rollback(final Server server, final RegionServerServices services)
       throws IOException {