diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
index 4cd50ced57f1..e7be17ad4715 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableInt;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -1488,11 +1489,7 @@ private void retrieveFromFile(int[] bucketSizes) throws IOException {
     try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(persistenceFile)) {
       int pblen = ProtobufMagic.lengthOfPBMagic();
       byte[] pbuf = new byte[pblen];
-      int read = in.read(pbuf);
-      if (read != pblen) {
-        throw new IOException("Incorrect number of bytes read while checking for protobuf magic "
-          + "number. Requested=" + pblen + ", Received= " + read + ", File=" + persistencePath);
-      }
+      IOUtils.readFully(in, pbuf, 0, pblen);
       if (ProtobufMagic.isPBMagicPrefix(pbuf)) {
         LOG.info("Reading old format of persistence.");
         // The old non-chunked version of backing map persistence.