diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 04504afe39a3..7317b71c905e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -6506,7 +6506,7 @@ protected RowLock getRowLockInternal(byte[] row, boolean readLock, final RowLock
       if (call.isPresent()) {
         long deadline = call.get().getDeadline();
         if (deadline < Long.MAX_VALUE) {
-          int timeToDeadline = (int) (deadline - System.currentTimeMillis());
+          int timeToDeadline = (int) (deadline - EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime());
           if (timeToDeadline <= this.rowLockWaitDuration) {
             reachDeadlineFirst = true;
             timeout = timeToDeadline;