diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFilePreadReader.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFilePreadReader.java
index 8c9d473b53be..bfa807d4a6f9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFilePreadReader.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFilePreadReader.java
@@ -39,23 +39,27 @@ public class HFilePreadReader extends HFileReaderImpl {
   public HFilePreadReader(ReaderContext context, HFileInfo fileInfo, CacheConfig cacheConf,
     Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     super(context, fileInfo, cacheConf, conf);
-    final MutableBoolean shouldCache = new MutableBoolean(true);
-
-    cacheConf.getBlockCache().ifPresent(cache -> {
-      cache.waitForCacheInitialization(WAIT_TIME_FOR_CACHE_INITIALIZATION);
-      Optional<Boolean> result = cache.shouldCacheFile(path.getName());
-      shouldCache.setValue(result.isPresent() ? result.get().booleanValue() : true);
-    });
 
     // Prefetch file blocks upon open if requested
-    if (cacheConf.shouldPrefetchOnOpen() && shouldCache.booleanValue()) {
+    if (cacheConf.shouldPrefetchOnOpen()) {
       PrefetchExecutor.request(path, new Runnable() {
         @Override
         public void run() {
           long offset = 0;
           long end = 0;
           HFile.Reader prefetchStreamReader = null;
+          final MutableBoolean shouldCache = new MutableBoolean(true);
           try {
+            cacheConf.getBlockCache().ifPresent(cache -> {
+              cache.waitForCacheInitialization(WAIT_TIME_FOR_CACHE_INITIALIZATION);
+              Optional<Boolean> result = cache.shouldCacheFile(path.getName());
+              shouldCache.setValue(result.isPresent() ? result.get().booleanValue() : true);
+            });
+            if (!shouldCache.booleanValue()) {
+              LOG.info("Prefetch skipped for the file: " + path.getName());
+              return;
+            }
+
             ReaderContext streamReaderContext = ReaderContextBuilder.newBuilder(context)
               .withReaderType(ReaderContext.ReaderType.STREAM)
               .withInputStreamWrapper(new FSDataInputStreamWrapper(context.getFileSystem(),
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
index bc7bc955864c..4cd50ced57f1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/BucketCache.java
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ public BucketEntry getBlockForReference(BlockCacheKey key) {
   public Cacheable getBlock(BlockCacheKey key, boolean caching, boolean repeat,
     boolean updateCacheMetrics) {
     if (!isCacheEnabled()) {
+      cacheStats.miss(caching, key.isPrimary(), key.getBlockType());
       return null;
     }
     RAMQueueEntry re = ramCache.get(key);