diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.java b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.java
index cc163ac199de..e1a216d64d3d 100644
--- a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -77,6 +79,17 @@ public class RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer implements RSGroupableBalancer {
   private volatile RSGroupInfoManager rsGroupInfoManager;
   private LoadBalancer internalBalancer;
 
+  /**
+   * Define the config key of fallback groups
+   * Enabled only if this property is set
+   * Please keep balancer switch on at the same time, which is relied on to correct misplaced
+   * regions
+   */
+  public static final String FALLBACK_GROUPS_KEY = "hbase.rsgroup.fallback.groups";
+
+  private boolean fallbackEnabled = false;
+  private Set<String> fallbackGroups;
+
   /**
    * Used by reflection in {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.LoadBalancerFactory}.
    */
@@ -198,11 +211,14 @@ public Map<ServerName, List<RegionInfo>> retainAssignment(Map<RegionInfo, Server
         }
         groupToRegion.put(groupName, region);
       }
-      for (String key : groupToRegion.keySet()) {
+      for (String group : groupToRegion.keySet()) {
         Map<RegionInfo, ServerName> currentAssignmentMap = new TreeMap<RegionInfo, ServerName>();
-        List<RegionInfo> regionList = groupToRegion.get(key);
-        RSGroupInfo info = rsGroupInfoManager.getRSGroup(key);
+        List<RegionInfo> regionList = groupToRegion.get(group);
+        RSGroupInfo info = rsGroupInfoManager.getRSGroup(group);
         List<ServerName> candidateList = filterOfflineServers(info, servers);
+        if (fallbackEnabled && candidateList.isEmpty()) {
+          candidateList = getFallBackCandidates(servers);
+        }
         for (RegionInfo region : regionList) {
           currentAssignmentMap.put(region, regions.get(region));
         }
@@ -211,7 +227,7 @@ public Map<ServerName, List<RegionInfo>> retainAssignment(Map<RegionInfo, Server
             .putAll(this.internalBalancer.retainAssignment(currentAssignmentMap, candidateList));
         } else {
           if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            LOG.debug("No available servers to assign regions: {}",
+            LOG.debug("No available servers for group {} to assign regions: {}", group,
               RegionInfo.getShortNameToLog(regionList));
           }
           assignments.computeIfAbsent(LoadBalancer.BOGUS_SERVER_NAME, s -> new ArrayList<>())
@@ -249,7 +265,10 @@ private void generateGroupMaps(List<RegionInfo> regions, List<ServerName> server
       for (String groupKey : regionMap.keySet()) {
         RSGroupInfo info = rsGroupInfoManager.getRSGroup(groupKey);
         serverMap.putAll(groupKey, filterOfflineServers(info, servers));
-        if(serverMap.get(groupKey).size() < 1) {
+        if (fallbackEnabled && serverMap.get(groupKey).isEmpty()) {
+          serverMap.putAll(groupKey, getFallBackCandidates(servers));
+        }
+        if (serverMap.get(groupKey).isEmpty()) {
           serverMap.put(groupKey, LoadBalancer.BOGUS_SERVER_NAME);
         }
       }
@@ -369,6 +388,12 @@ public void initialize() throws HBaseIOException {
     }
     internalBalancer.setConf(config);
     internalBalancer.initialize();
+    // init fallback groups
+    Collection<String> groups = config.getTrimmedStringCollection(FALLBACK_GROUPS_KEY);
+    if (groups != null && !groups.isEmpty()) {
+      this.fallbackEnabled = true;
+      this.fallbackGroups = new HashSet<>(groups);
+    }
   }
 
   public boolean isOnline() {
@@ -449,4 +474,17 @@ public List<RegionPlan> balanceTable(TableName tableName,
     }
     return regionPlans;
   }
+
+  private List<ServerName> getFallBackCandidates(List<ServerName> servers) {
+    List<ServerName> serverNames = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (String fallbackGroup : fallbackGroups) {
+      try {
+        RSGroupInfo info = rsGroupInfoManager.getRSGroup(fallbackGroup);
+        serverNames.addAll(filterOfflineServers(info, servers));
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        LOG.error("Get group info for {} failed", fallbackGroup, e);
+      }
+    }
+    return serverNames;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsBase.java b/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsBase.java
index a134a832cbb6..0b875f59eb75 100644
--- a/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsBase.java
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsBase.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public abstract class TestRSGroupsBase {
   protected final static Random rand = new Random();
 
   //shared, cluster type specific
-  protected static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL;
+  protected static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
   protected static Admin admin;
   protected static HBaseCluster cluster;
   protected static RSGroupAdmin rsGroupAdmin;
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ public abstract class TestRSGroupsBase {
   protected TableName tableName;
 
   public static void setUpTestBeforeClass() throws Exception {
-    TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setFloat(
             "hbase.master.balancer.stochastic.tableSkewCost", 6000);
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(
diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsFallback.java b/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsFallback.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e8c667ab049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/TestRSGroupsFallback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rsgroup;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.AssignmentTestingUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.net.Address;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Category(MediumTests.class)
+public class TestRSGroupsFallback extends TestRSGroupsBase {
+
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
+      HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestRSGroupsFallback.class);
+
+  protected static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestRSGroupsFallback.class);
+
+  private static final String FALLBACK_GROUP = "fallback";
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    Configuration configuration = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
+    configuration.set(RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.FALLBACK_GROUPS_KEY, FALLBACK_GROUP);
+    setUpTestBeforeClass();
+    master.balanceSwitch(true);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    tearDownAfterClass();
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void beforeMethod() throws Exception {
+    setUpBeforeMethod();
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void afterMethod() throws Exception {
+    tearDownAfterMethod();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGroupFallback() throws Exception {
+    // add fallback group
+    addGroup(FALLBACK_GROUP, 1);
+    // add test group
+    String groupName = getGroupName(name.getMethodName());
+    addGroup(groupName, 1);
+    TableDescriptor desc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tableName)
+        .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(Bytes.toBytes("f")).build())
+        .build();
+    admin.createTable(desc);
+    rsGroupAdmin.moveTables(Collections.singleton(tableName), groupName);
+    TEST_UTIL.waitUntilAllRegionsAssigned(tableName);
+    // server of test group crash
+    for (Address server : rsGroupAdmin.getRSGroupInfo(groupName).getServers()) {
+      AssignmentTestingUtil.crashRs(TEST_UTIL, getServerName(server), true);
+    }
+    TEST_UTIL.waitUntilNoRegionsInTransition(10000);
+    TEST_UTIL.waitUntilAllRegionsAssigned(tableName);
+
+    // regions move to fallback group
+    assertRegionsInGroup(FALLBACK_GROUP);
+
+    // move a new server from default group
+    Address address = rsGroupAdmin.getRSGroupInfo(RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP).getServers()
+        .iterator().next();
+    rsGroupAdmin.moveServers(Collections.singleton(address), groupName);
+
+    // correct misplaced regions
+    master.balance();
+
+    TEST_UTIL.waitUntilNoRegionsInTransition(10000);
+    TEST_UTIL.waitUntilAllRegionsAssigned(tableName);
+
+    // regions move back
+    assertRegionsInGroup(groupName);
+
+    TEST_UTIL.deleteTable(tableName);
+  }
+
+  private void assertRegionsInGroup(String group) throws IOException {
+    RSGroupInfo fallbackGroup = rsGroupAdmin.getRSGroupInfo(group);
+    master.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates().getRegionsOfTable(tableName).forEach(region -> {
+      Address regionOnServer = master.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates()
+          .getRegionAssignments().get(region).getAddress();
+      assertTrue(fallbackGroup.getServers().contains(regionOnServer));
+    });
+  }
+
+}