diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
index 3d6c4c266466..179d595f4447 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/replication/VerifyReplication.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Connection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ResultScanner;
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.CommonFSUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Pair;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKWatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.InputSplit;
@@ -293,14 +291,15 @@ private void logFailRowAndIncreaseCounter(Context context, Counters counter, Res
         return;
       }
 
+      VerifyReplicationRecompareRunnable runnable = new VerifyReplicationRecompareRunnable(context,
+        row, replicatedRow, counter, delimiter, tableScan, sourceTable, replicatedTable,
+        reCompareTries, sleepMsBeforeReCompare, reCompareBackoffExponent, verbose);
+
       if (reCompareExecutor == null) {
-        syncLogFailRowAndIncreaseCounter(context, counter, rowKey);
+        runnable.run();
         return;
       }
 
-      VerifyReplicationRecompareRunnable runnable = new VerifyReplicationRecompareRunnable(context,
-        row, replicatedRow, counter, delimiter, tableScan, sourceTable, replicatedTable,
-        reCompareTries, sleepMsBeforeReCompare, reCompareBackoffExponent, verbose);
       reCompareExecutor.submit(runnable);
     }
 
@@ -375,38 +374,6 @@ protected void cleanup(Context context) {
         }
       }
     }
-
-    private void syncLogFailRowAndIncreaseCounter(Mapper.Context context, Counters counter,
-      byte[] row) {
-      int sleepMs = sleepMsBeforeReCompare;
-      int tries = 0;
-
-      while (++tries <= reCompareTries) {
-        context.getCounter(VerifyReplication.Verifier.Counters.RECOMPARES).increment(1);
-        Threads.sleep(sleepMs);
-        try {
-          Result sourceResult = sourceTable.get(new Get(row));
-          Result replicatedResult = replicatedTable.get(new Get(row));
-          Result.compareResults(sourceResult, replicatedResult, false);
-          if (!sourceResult.isEmpty()) {
-            context.getCounter(Counters.GOODROWS).increment(1);
-            if (verbose) {
-              LOG.info("Good row key (with recompare): " + delimiter + Bytes.toStringBinary(row)
-                + delimiter);
-            }
-          }
-          return;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-          context.getCounter(Counters.FAILED_RECOMPARE).increment(1);
-          LOG.error("recompare fail after sleep, rowkey=" + delimiter + Bytes.toStringBinary(row)
-            + delimiter);
-        }
-        sleepMs = sleepMs * (2 ^ reCompareBackoffExponent);
-      }
-      context.getCounter(counter).increment(1);
-      context.getCounter(Counters.BADROWS).increment(1);
-      LOG.error("{}, rowkey={}{}{}", counter, delimiter, Bytes.toStringBinary(row), delimiter);
-    }
   }
 
   private static Pair<ReplicationPeerConfig, Configuration>