diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
index cfbc19cc30f5..145dc9133966 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ private RegionLocations locateRegionInMeta(TableName tableName, byte[] row, bool
     byte[] metaStopKey =
       RegionInfo.createRegionName(tableName, HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW, "", false);
     Scan s = new Scan().withStartRow(metaStartKey).withStopRow(metaStopKey, true)
-      .addFamily(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).setReversed(true).setCaching(5)
+      .addFamily(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).setReversed(true).setCaching(1)
       .setReadType(ReadType.PREAD);
 
     switch (this.metaReplicaMode) {