diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedure.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedure.java
index 61e7c0f86075..bb5da2cc48e8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedure.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ protected CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedureState getInitialState() {
 
   @Override
   protected void serializeStateData(ProcedureStateSerializer serializer) throws IOException {
+    super.serializeStateData(serializer);
     CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedureStateData data = CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedureStateData
       .newBuilder().setTableName(ProtobufUtil.toProtoTableName(tableName))
       .setNewReplicaCount(newReplicaCount).build();
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ protected void serializeStateData(ProcedureStateSerializer serializer) throws IO
 
   @Override
   protected void deserializeStateData(ProcedureStateSerializer serializer) throws IOException {
+    super.deserializeStateData(serializer);
     CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedureStateData data =
       serializer.deserialize(CloseExcessRegionReplicasProcedureStateData.class);
     tableName = ProtobufUtil.toTableName(data.getTableName());