diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
index debca0f4aae0..a92a2759ad27 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStoreFlusher.java
@@ -579,63 +579,64 @@ private boolean isTooManyStoreFiles(Region region) {
    * amount of memstore consumption.
    */
   public void reclaimMemStoreMemory() {
-    TraceScope scope = Trace.startSpan("MemStoreFluser.reclaimMemStoreMemory");
-    if (isAboveHighWaterMark()) {
-      if (Trace.isTracing()) {
-        scope.getSpan().addTimelineAnnotation("Force Flush. We're above high water mark.");
-      }
-      long start = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
-      long nextLogTimeMs = start;
-      synchronized (this.blockSignal) {
-        boolean blocked = false;
-        long startTime = 0;
-        boolean interrupted = false;
-        try {
-          while (isAboveHighWaterMark() && !server.isStopped()) {
-            if (!blocked) {
-              startTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
-              LOG.info("Blocking updates on "
-                  + server.toString()
-                  + ": the global memstore size "
-                  + TraditionalBinaryPrefix.long2String(server.getRegionServerAccounting()
-                      .getGlobalMemstoreSize(), "", 1) + " is >= than blocking "
-                  + TraditionalBinaryPrefix.long2String(globalMemStoreLimit, "", 1) + " size");
-            }
-            blocked = true;
-            wakeupFlushThread();
-            try {
-              // we should be able to wait forever, but we've seen a bug where
-              // we miss a notify, so put a 5 second bound on it at least.
-              blockSignal.wait(5 * 1000);
-            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-              LOG.warn("Interrupted while waiting");
-              interrupted = true;
+    try (TraceScope scope = Trace.startSpan("MemStoreFluser.reclaimMemStoreMemory")) {
+      if (isAboveHighWaterMark()) {
+        if (Trace.isTracing()) {
+          scope.getSpan().addTimelineAnnotation("Force Flush. We're above high water mark.");
+        }
+        long start = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+        long nextLogTimeMs = start;
+        synchronized (this.blockSignal) {
+          boolean blocked = false;
+          long startTime = 0;
+          boolean interrupted = false;
+          try {
+            while (isAboveHighWaterMark() && !server.isStopped()) {
+              if (!blocked) {
+                startTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+                LOG.info("Blocking updates on "
+                    + server.toString()
+                    + ": the global memstore size "
+                    + TraditionalBinaryPrefix.long2String(server.getRegionServerAccounting()
+                    .getGlobalMemstoreSize(), "", 1) + " is >= than blocking "
+                    + TraditionalBinaryPrefix.long2String(globalMemStoreLimit, "", 1) + " size");
+              }
+              blocked = true;
+              wakeupFlushThread();
+              try {
+                // we should be able to wait forever, but we've seen a bug where
+                // we miss a notify, so put a 5 second bound on it at least.
+                blockSignal.wait(5 * 1000);
+              } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+                LOG.warn("Interrupted while waiting");
+                interrupted = true;
+              }
+              long nowMs = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
+              if (nowMs >= nextLogTimeMs) {
+                LOG.warn("Memstore is above high water mark and block " + (nowMs - start) + " ms");
+                nextLogTimeMs = nowMs + 1000;
+              }
             }
-            long nowMs = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
-            if (nowMs >= nextLogTimeMs) {
-              LOG.warn("Memstore is above high water mark and block " + (nowMs - start) + " ms");
-              nextLogTimeMs = nowMs + 1000;
+          } finally {
+            if (interrupted) {
+              Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
             }
           }
-        } finally {
-          if (interrupted) {
-            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-          }
-        }
 
-        if(blocked){
-          final long totalTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - startTime;
-          if(totalTime > 0){
-            this.updatesBlockedMsHighWater.add(totalTime);
+          if (blocked) {
+            final long totalTime = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - startTime;
+            if (totalTime > 0) {
+              this.updatesBlockedMsHighWater.add(totalTime);
+            }
+            LOG.info("Unblocking updates for server " + server.toString());
           }
-          LOG.info("Unblocking updates for server " + server.toString());
         }
+      } else if (isAboveLowWaterMark()) {
+        wakeupFlushThread();
       }
-    } else if (isAboveLowWaterMark()) {
-      wakeupFlushThread();
     }
-    scope.close();
   }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return "flush_queue="