diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/FlushRegionCallable.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/FlushRegionCallable.java
index 8e6ea2e95eb8..1fedffa09a5f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/FlushRegionCallable.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/FlushRegionCallable.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ protected void doCall() throws Exception {
     LOG.debug("Starting region operation on {}", region);
     region.startRegionOperation();
     try {
-      long readPt = region.getReadPoint(IsolationLevel.READ_COMMITTED);
       HRegion.FlushResult res;
       if (columnFamily == null) {
         res = region.flush(true);