diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/regionreplication/RegionReplicationSink.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/regionreplication/RegionReplicationSink.java
index 4d169742d3a2..265d768e211e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/regionreplication/RegionReplicationSink.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/regionreplication/RegionReplicationSink.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ private void send() {
     }
     long rpcTimeoutNsToUse;
     long operationTimeoutNsToUse;
-    if (hasMetaEdit) {
+    if (!hasMetaEdit) {
       rpcTimeoutNsToUse = rpcTimeoutNs;
       operationTimeoutNsToUse = operationTimeoutNs;
     } else {