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 c4d59131c5d9..0af0be523249 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
@@ -962,7 +962,6 @@ private RegionLocations locateRegionInMeta(TableName tableName, byte[] row, bool
       }
       // Query the meta region
       long pauseBase = this.pause;
-      takeUserRegionLock();
       long lockStartTime = 0;
       boolean lockedUserRegion = false;
       try {