diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/SecureBulkLoadClient.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/SecureBulkLoadClient.java
index cb258e4b56c5..f02f61ebdfe5 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/SecureBulkLoadClient.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/SecureBulkLoadClient.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public boolean secureBulkLoadHFiles(final ClientService.BlockingInterface client
     final Token<?> userToken, final String bulkToken,
     boolean copyFiles) throws IOException {
     return secureBulkLoadHFiles(client, familyPaths, regionName, assignSeqNum, userToken,
-      bulkToken, false, null, true);
+      bulkToken, copyFiles, null, true);
   }
 
   public boolean secureBulkLoadHFiles(final ClientService.BlockingInterface client,