diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/StoppedRpcClientException.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/StoppedRpcClientException.java
index d50004eaf8db..bd1e101c2e95 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/StoppedRpcClientException.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/StoppedRpcClientException.java
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseIOException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
-public class StoppedRpcClientException extends HBaseIOException {
+public class StoppedRpcClientException extends DoNotRetryIOException {
   public StoppedRpcClientException() {
     super();
   }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ReadOnlyZKClient.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ReadOnlyZKClient.java
index 09f8984abf39..3b508707f2ce 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ReadOnlyZKClient.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ReadOnlyZKClient.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ private static <T> CompletableFuture<T> failed(Throwable e) {
 
   public CompletableFuture<byte[]> get(String path) {
     if (closed.get()) {
-      return failed(new IOException("Client already closed"));
+      return failed(new DoNotRetryIOException("Client already closed"));
     }
     CompletableFuture<byte[]> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
     tasks.add(new ZKTask<byte[]>(path, future, "get") {
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ protected void doExec(ZooKeeper zk) {
 
   public CompletableFuture<Stat> exists(String path) {
     if (closed.get()) {
-      return failed(new IOException("Client already closed"));
+      return failed(new DoNotRetryIOException("Client already closed"));
     }
     CompletableFuture<Stat> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
     tasks.add(new ZKTask<Stat>(path, future, "exists") {
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ private void run() {
       }
     }
     closeZk();
-    IOException error = new IOException("Client already closed");
+    DoNotRetryIOException error = new DoNotRetryIOException("Client already closed");
     Arrays.stream(tasks.toArray(new Task[0])).forEach(t -> t.closed(error));
     tasks.clear();
   }