diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileInfo.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileInfo.java
index 5eaab23fc6cf..dc8f83384e23 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileInfo.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 public class StoreFileInfo {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StoreFileInfo.class);
 
+  private final FileStatus localStatus = null ;
   /**
    * A non-capture group, for hfiles, so that this can be embedded. HFiles are uuid ([0-9a-z]+).
    * Bulk loaded hfiles has (_SeqId_[0-9]+_) has suffix. The mob del file has (_del) as suffix.
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public class StoreFileInfo {
 
   private RegionCoprocessorHost coprocessorHost;
 
-  // timestamp on when the file was created, is 0 and ignored for reference or link files
+  // change to use the createdTimestamp of reference or link files , will it create some problem later ?
   private long createdTimestamp;
 
   private long size;
@@ -155,18 +156,20 @@ private StoreFileInfo(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs, final FileS
     } else if (isHFile(p) || isMobFile(p) || isMobRefFile(p)) {
       // HFile
       if (fileStatus != null) {
-        this.createdTimestamp = fileStatus.getModificationTime();
-        this.size = fileStatus.getLen();
-      } else {
-        FileStatus fStatus = fs.getFileStatus(initialPath);
-        this.createdTimestamp = fStatus.getModificationTime();
-        this.size = fStatus.getLen();
+        this.localStatus = fileStatus;
+      }else{
+        this.localStatus = loadAndCacheFileStatus(fs);
       }
+      this.createdTimestamp = localStatus.getModificationTime();
+      this.size = localStatus.getLen();
       this.reference = null;
       this.link = null;
     } else {
       throw new IOException("path=" + p + " doesn't look like a valid StoreFile");
     }
+    if(this.localStatus == null ){
+      this.localStatus = loadAndCacheFileStatus(fs);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -286,7 +289,6 @@ ReaderContext createReaderContext(boolean doDropBehind, long readahead, ReaderTy
     if (this.link != null) {
       // HFileLink
       in = new FSDataInputStreamWrapper(fs, this.link, doDropBehind, readahead);
-      status = this.link.getFileStatus(fs);
     } else if (this.reference != null) {
       // HFile Reference
       Path referencePath = getReferredToFile(this.getPath());
@@ -300,11 +302,10 @@ ReaderContext createReaderContext(boolean doDropBehind, long readahead, ReaderTy
         newFnfe.initCause(fnfe);
         throw newFnfe;
       }
-      status = fs.getFileStatus(referencePath);
     } else {
       in = new FSDataInputStreamWrapper(fs, this.getPath(), doDropBehind, readahead);
-      status = fs.getFileStatus(initialPath);
     }
+    status = getFileStatus();
     long length = status.getLen();
     ReaderContextBuilder contextBuilder =
         new ReaderContextBuilder().withInputStreamWrapper(in).withFileSize(length)
@@ -349,21 +350,15 @@ private HDFSBlocksDistribution computeHDFSBlocksDistributionInternal(final FileS
       return FSUtils.computeHDFSBlocksDistribution(fs, status, 0, status.getLen());
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Get the {@link FileStatus} of the file referenced by this StoreFileInfo
-   * @param fs The current file system to use.
-   * @return The {@link FileStatus} of the file referenced by this StoreFileInfo
-   */
-  public FileStatus getReferencedFileStatus(final FileSystem fs) throws IOException {
-    FileStatus status;
+  private FileStatus loadAndCacheFileStatus(final FileSystem fs) throws IOException {
+    FileStatus status = null ; 
     if (this.reference != null) {
       if (this.link != null) {
         FileNotFoundException exToThrow = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < this.link.getLocations().length; i++) {
           // HFileLink Reference
           try {
-            return link.getFileStatus(fs);
+            status = link.getFileStatus(fs);
           } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
             // try the other location
             exToThrow = ex;
@@ -381,7 +376,7 @@ public FileStatus getReferencedFileStatus(final FileSystem fs) throws IOExceptio
         for (int i = 0; i < this.link.getLocations().length; i++) {
           // HFileLink
           try {
-            return link.getFileStatus(fs);
+            status = link.getFileStatus(fs);
           } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
             // try the other location
             exToThrow = ex;
@@ -394,6 +389,17 @@ public FileStatus getReferencedFileStatus(final FileSystem fs) throws IOExceptio
     }
     return status;
   }
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link FileStatus} of the file referenced by this StoreFileInfo
+   * @param fs The current file system to use.
+   * @return The {@link FileStatus} of the file referenced by this StoreFileInfo
+   */
+  public FileStatus getReferencedFileStatus(final FileSystem fs) throws IOException {
+    if(null == this.localStatus){
+      throw new IOException("localStatus is not initialize on construct");
+    }
+    return this.localStatus;
+  }
 
   /** @return The {@link Path} of the file */
   public Path getPath() {