diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
index daf1e5d1de62..a4801c9dec3f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/region/MasterRegion.java
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ private static HRegion open(Configuration conf, TableDescriptor td, FileSystem f
     FileSystem walFs, Path walRootDir, WALFactory walFactory, MasterRegionWALRoller walRoller,
     String serverName) throws IOException {
     Path tableDir = CommonFSUtils.getTableDir(rootDir, td.getTableName());
+    FileStatus[] nonRegionDirs = fs.listStatus(tableDir, p -> p.getName().startsWith("."));
+    if (nonRegionDirs.length > 0) {
+      LOG.warn("There are non-region directories under " + tableDir + ", such as "
+        + nonRegionDirs[0].getPath() + ", ignored");
+    }
+
     // on branch-2, the RegionInfo.isEncodedRegionName will returns true for .initializing and
     // .initialized, see HBASE-25368. Since RegionInfo is IA.Public, changing the implementation may
     // raise compatibility concerns, so here we just skip them by our own.