diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
index 49335c4d80f..eb2c47613ea 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/LoadIncrementalHFiles.java
@@ -215,12 +215,6 @@ public class LoadIncrementalHFiles extends Configured implements Tool {
         return;
       }
 
-      if (queue.isEmpty()) {
-        LOG.warn("Bulk load operation did not find any files to load in " +
-        "directory " + hfofDir.toUri() + ".  Does it contain files in " +
-        "subdirectories that correspond to column family names?");
-      }
-
       // Assumes that region splits can happen while this occurs.
       while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
         // need to reload split keys each iteration.