diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/HRegionPartitioner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/HRegionPartitioner.java
index 76729db0418..b6419b81aa1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/HRegionPartitioner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/HRegionPartitioner.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Partitioner;
 @InterfaceStability.Stable
 public class HRegionPartitioner<K2,V2>
 implements Partitioner<ImmutableBytesWritable, V2> {
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HRegionPartitioner.class);
   private HTable table;
   private byte[][] startKeys;
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormat.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormat.java
index cf90165396b..020bc743137 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormat.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 @InterfaceStability.Stable
 public class TableInputFormat extends TableInputFormatBase implements
     JobConfigurable {
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
 
   /**
    * space delimited list of columns
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
index 95b6f284e71..ed4cf34b361 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;
 @InterfaceStability.Stable
 public abstract class TableInputFormatBase
 implements InputFormat<ImmutableBytesWritable, Result> {
-  final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormatBase.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormatBase.class);
   private byte [][] inputColumns;
   private HTable table;
   private TableRecordReader tableRecordReader;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableOutputFormat.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableOutputFormat.java
index fe9cfc34c13..327e4045350 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableOutputFormat.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ FileOutputFormat<ImmutableBytesWritable, Put> {
 
   /** JobConf parameter that specifies the output table */
   public static final String OUTPUT_TABLE = "hbase.mapred.outputtable";
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableOutputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableOutputFormat.class);
 
   /**
    * Convert Reduce output (key, value) to (HStoreKey, KeyedDataArrayWritable)
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HRegionPartitioner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HRegionPartitioner.java
index bd63fdd9704..02727cc0c2a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HRegionPartitioner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HRegionPartitioner.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class HRegionPartitioner<KEY, VALUE>
 extends Partitioner<ImmutableBytesWritable, VALUE>
 implements Configurable {
 
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HRegionPartitioner.class);
   private Configuration conf = null;
   private HTable table;
   private byte[][] startKeys;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormat.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormat.java
index 0085834feb9..9859308bb5d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormat.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 public class TableInputFormat extends TableInputFormatBase
 implements Configurable {
 
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableInputFormat.class);
 
   /** Job parameter that specifies the input table. */
   public static final String INPUT_TABLE = "hbase.mapreduce.inputtable";
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
index d06232e41b7..903387183e3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableOutputFormat.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 public class TableOutputFormat<KEY> extends OutputFormat<KEY, Mutation>
 implements Configurable {
 
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableOutputFormat.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TableOutputFormat.class);
 
   /** Job parameter that specifies the output table. */
   public static final String OUTPUT_TABLE = "hbase.mapred.outputtable";
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/OfflineCallback.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/OfflineCallback.java
index 1805abbebb5..c93dbe1359d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/OfflineCallback.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/OfflineCallback.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class OfflineCallback implements StringCallback {
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(OfflineCallback.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(OfflineCallback.class);
   private final ExistCallback callBack;
   private final ZooKeeperWatcher zkw;
   private final ServerName destination;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class OfflineCallback implements StringCallback {
    * Used during bulk assign on startup.
    */
   static class ExistCallback implements StatCallback {
-    private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ExistCallback.class);
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ExistCallback.class);
     private final Map<String, Integer> offlineNodesVersions;
     private final AtomicInteger counter;
     private ServerName destination;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSizeCalculator.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSizeCalculator.java
index 0b94c8ca816..fa5500b20aa 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSizeCalculator.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/RegionSizeCalculator.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class RegionSizeCalculator {
 
-  private final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RegionSizeCalculator.class);
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RegionSizeCalculator.class);
 
   /**
    * Maps each region to its size in bytes.