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 4b6da53edd25..b18cc8c9b2f7 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
@@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ public Pair<byte[], Collection<HStoreFile>> call() throws IOException {
       LOG.info("Closed " + this);
       return result;
     } finally {
+      this.closing.set(false);
       lock.writeLock().unlock();
     }
   }