diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableSnapshotScanner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableSnapshotScanner.java
index 2c75f576a25e..872c9a163c67 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableSnapshotScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableSnapshotScanner.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.MemStoreLAB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.RestoreSnapshotHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.SnapshotDescriptionUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.SnapshotManifest;
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ public TableSnapshotScanner(Configuration conf, Path rootDir, Path restoreDir,
     this.scan = scan;
     this.snapshotAlreadyRestored = snapshotAlreadyRestored;
     this.fs = rootDir.getFileSystem(conf);
+    conf.setBoolean(MemStoreLAB.USEMSLAB_KEY, false);
 
     if (snapshotAlreadyRestored) {
       this.restoreDir = restoreDir;