diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/ServerCall.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/ServerCall.java
index 2188795914db..cc828e1b15f1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/ServerCall.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/ServerCall.java
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ public void done() {
       this.cellBlockStream.releaseResources();
       this.cellBlockStream = null;
     }
-    // If the call was run successfuly, we might have already returned the BB
-    // back to pool. No worries..Then inputCellBlock will be null
-    cleanup();
     span.end();
   }