diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SecureBulkLoadManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SecureBulkLoadManager.java
index 087f4cd6824a..214372110704 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SecureBulkLoadManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/SecureBulkLoadManager.java
@@ -398,10 +398,7 @@ public String prepareBulkLoad(final byte[] family, final String srcPath, boolean
           throw new IOException("Failed to move HFile: " + p + " to " + stageP);
         }
       }
-
-      if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(customStaging)) {
-        fs.setPermission(stageP, PERM_ALL_ACCESS);
-      }
+      fs.setPermission(stageP, PERM_ALL_ACCESS);
 
       return stageP.toString();
     }