diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseRpcServicesBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseRpcServicesBase.java
index 291b38acb322..b2a0e7803624 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseRpcServicesBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseRpcServicesBase.java
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ public final GetBootstrapNodesResponse getBootstrapNodes(RpcController controlle
   }
 
   @Override
+  @QosPriority(priority = HConstants.ADMIN_QOS)
   public UpdateConfigurationResponse updateConfiguration(RpcController controller,
     UpdateConfigurationRequest request) throws ServiceException {
     try {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
index 4f04457e91b6..3ac3d3bb9bf6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RSRpcServices.java
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@ public CompactRegionResponse compactRegion(final RpcController controller,
   }
 
   @Override
+  @QosPriority(priority = HConstants.ADMIN_QOS)
   public CompactionSwitchResponse compactionSwitch(RpcController controller,
     CompactionSwitchRequest request) throws ServiceException {
     rpcPreCheck("compactionSwitch");
@@ -2223,6 +2224,7 @@ public ReplicateWALEntryResponse replicateWALEntry(final RpcController controlle
    * @param request    the request
    */
   @Override
+  @QosPriority(priority = HConstants.ADMIN_QOS)
   public RollWALWriterResponse rollWALWriter(final RpcController controller,
     final RollWALWriterRequest request) throws ServiceException {
     try {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSQosFunction.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSQosFunction.java
index c6bd8967e124..15ee32397e9a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSQosFunction.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSQosFunction.java
@@ -72,5 +72,8 @@ public void testAnnotations() {
     checkMethod(conf, "CloseRegion", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
     checkMethod(conf, "CompactRegion", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
     checkMethod(conf, "FlushRegion", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
+    checkMethod(conf, "UpdateConfiguration", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
+    checkMethod(conf, "CompactionSwitch", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
+    checkMethod(conf, "RollWALWriter", HConstants.ADMIN_QOS, qosFunction);
   }
 }