diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
index e1435114258..28fc1a39682 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ public class CompactSplit implements CompactionRequester, PropagatingConfigurati
         }
       } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
         LOG.warn("Interrupted waiting for " + name + " to finish...");
+        t.shutdownNow();
       }
     }
   }