diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreScanner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreScanner.java
index 016d503f5eab..424392f6f189 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreScanner.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.function.IntConsumer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
@@ -588,6 +589,13 @@ public boolean next(List<? super ExtendedCell> outResult, ScannerContext scanner
 
     Optional<RpcCall> rpcCall =
       matcher.isUserScan() ? RpcServer.getCurrentCall() : Optional.empty();
+    // re-useable closure to avoid allocations
+    IntConsumer recordBlockSize = blockSize -> {
+      if (rpcCall.isPresent()) {
+        rpcCall.get().incrementBlockBytesScanned(blockSize);
+      }
+      scannerContext.incrementBlockProgress(blockSize);
+    };
 
     int count = 0;
     long totalBytesRead = 0;
@@ -629,12 +637,7 @@ public boolean next(List<? super ExtendedCell> outResult, ScannerContext scanner
           scannerContext.returnImmediately();
         }
 
-        heap.recordBlockSize(blockSize -> {
-          if (rpcCall.isPresent()) {
-            rpcCall.get().incrementBlockBytesScanned(blockSize);
-          }
-          scannerContext.incrementBlockProgress(blockSize);
-        });
+        heap.recordBlockSize(recordBlockSize);
 
         prevCell = cell;
         scannerContext.setLastPeekedCell(cell);