diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/QuotaObserverChore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/QuotaObserverChore.java
index 92a149c070ea..2b76cfdc236d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/QuotaObserverChore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/QuotaObserverChore.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Connection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionReplicaUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MetricsMaster;
@@ -764,6 +765,9 @@ int getNumRegions(TableName table) throws IOException {
       List<RegionInfo> regions = this.conn.getAdmin().getRegions(table);
       if (regions == null) {
         return 0;
+      } else {
+        // Filter the region replicas if any and return the original number of regions for a table.
+        RegionReplicaUtil.removeNonDefaultRegions(regions);
       }
       return regions.size();
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.java
index 84463b3bfeed..4c8b7db8e3b3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.java
@@ -306,15 +306,16 @@ TableName createTableWithRegions(int numRegions) throws Exception {
   }
 
   TableName createTableWithRegions(Admin admin, int numRegions) throws Exception {
-    return createTableWithRegions(
-        testUtil.getAdmin(), NamespaceDescriptor.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_NAME_STR, numRegions);
+    return createTableWithRegions(admin, NamespaceDescriptor.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_NAME_STR, numRegions,
+        0);
   }
 
   TableName createTableWithRegions(String namespace, int numRegions) throws Exception {
-    return createTableWithRegions(testUtil.getAdmin(), namespace, numRegions);
+    return createTableWithRegions(testUtil.getAdmin(), namespace, numRegions, 0);
   }
 
-  TableName createTableWithRegions(Admin admin, String namespace, int numRegions) throws Exception {
+  TableName createTableWithRegions(Admin admin, String namespace, int numRegions,
+      int numberOfReplicas) throws Exception {
     final TableName tn = getNextTableName(namespace);
 
     // Delete the old table
@@ -324,8 +325,14 @@ TableName createTableWithRegions(Admin admin, String namespace, int numRegions)
     }
 
     // Create the table
-    TableDescriptor tableDesc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tn)
-        .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(F1)).build();
+    TableDescriptor tableDesc;
+    if (numberOfReplicas > 0) {
+      tableDesc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tn).setRegionReplication(numberOfReplicas)
+          .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(F1)).build();
+    } else {
+      tableDesc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tn)
+          .setColumnFamily(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.of(F1)).build();
+    }
     if (numRegions == 1) {
       admin.createTable(tableDesc);
     } else {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestSpaceQuotas.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestSpaceQuotas.java
index fca54535a279..5e96d763cab8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestSpaceQuotas.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestSpaceQuotas.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NamespaceDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotEnabledException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Admin;
@@ -485,6 +486,52 @@ public void testSetQuotaOnNonExistingTableWithDisable() throws Exception {
     setQuotaLimit(NON_EXISTENT_TABLE, SpaceViolationPolicy.DISABLE, 2L);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSetQuotaWithRegionReplicaSingleRegion() throws Exception {
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 2, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_INSERTS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 2, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 2, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES_COMPACTIONS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 2, SpaceViolationPolicy.DISABLE);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetQuotaWithRegionReplicaMultipleRegion() throws Exception {
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(5, 3, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_INSERTS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 3, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 3, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES_COMPACTIONS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 3, SpaceViolationPolicy.DISABLE);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetQuotaWithSingleRegionZeroRegionReplica() throws Exception {
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_INSERTS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES_COMPACTIONS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(1, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.DISABLE);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSetQuotaWithMultipleRegionZeroRegionReplicas() throws Exception {
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(5, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_INSERTS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.NO_WRITES_COMPACTIONS);
+    setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(6, 0, SpaceViolationPolicy.DISABLE);
+  }
+
+  private void setQuotaAndVerfiyForRegionReplication(int region, int replicatedRegion,
+      SpaceViolationPolicy policy) throws Exception {
+    TableName tn = helper.createTableWithRegions(TEST_UTIL.getAdmin(),
+        NamespaceDescriptor.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE_NAME_STR, region, replicatedRegion);
+    setQuotaLimit(tn, policy, 5L);
+    helper.writeData(tn, 5L * SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.ONE_MEGABYTE);
+    Put p = new Put(Bytes.toBytes("to_reject"));
+    p.addColumn(Bytes.toBytes(SpaceQuotaHelperForTests.F1), Bytes.toBytes("to"),
+        Bytes.toBytes("reject"));
+    // Adding a sleep for 5 sec, so all the chores run and to void flakiness of the test.
+    Thread.sleep(5000);
+    verifyViolation(policy, tn, p);
+  }
+
   public void setQuotaAndViolateNextSwitchPoliciesAndValidate(SpaceViolationPolicy policy1,
       SpaceViolationPolicy policy2) throws Exception {
     Put put = new Put(Bytes.toBytes("to_reject"));