diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
index 72a5462dc036..42a433e32066 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.log.HBaseMarkers;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.mob.MobConstants;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.procedure2.store.wal.WALProcedureStore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.security.access.SnapshotScannerHDFSAclHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
@@ -144,11 +143,12 @@ private void createInitialFileSystemLayout() throws IOException {
         MobConstants.MOB_DIR_NAME
     };
 
+    //With the introduction of RegionProcedureStore,
+    // there's no need to create MasterProcWAL dir here anymore. See HBASE-23715
     final String[] protectedSubLogDirs = new String[] {
       HConstants.HREGION_LOGDIR_NAME,
       HConstants.HREGION_OLDLOGDIR_NAME,
-      HConstants.CORRUPT_DIR_NAME,
-      WALProcedureStore.MASTER_PROCEDURE_LOGDIR
+      HConstants.CORRUPT_DIR_NAME
     };
     // check if the root directory exists
     checkRootDir(this.rootdir, conf, this.fs);