diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
index 46863af86a16..5fec87ef4590 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ConnectionImplementation.java
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ private RegionLocations locateRegionInMeta(TableName tableName, byte[] row, bool
     byte[] metaStopKey =
       RegionInfo.createRegionName(tableName, HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW, "", false);
     Scan s = new Scan().withStartRow(metaStartKey).withStopRow(metaStopKey, true)
-      .addFamily(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).setReversed(true).setCaching(5)
+      .addFamily(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY).setReversed(true).setCaching(1)
       .setReadType(ReadType.PREAD);
 
     switch (this.metaReplicaMode) {