diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index c6637b0fcdba..b6ced40e9b3e 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ public CompletableFuture<Void> split(TableName tableName, byte[] splitPoint) {
     if (splitPoint == null) {
       return failedFuture(new IllegalArgumentException("splitPoint can not be null."));
     }
-    addListener(connection.getRegionLocator(tableName).getRegionLocation(splitPoint),
+    addListener(connection.getRegionLocator(tableName).getRegionLocation(splitPoint, true),
       (loc, err) -> {
         if (err != null) {
           result.completeExceptionally(err);