diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index c55090d3a756..fdc50bc69476 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ private static Get toGet(final Mutation mutation) throws IOException {
       assert mutation instanceof Increment || mutation instanceof Append;
       Get get = new Get(mutation.getRow());
       CellScanner cellScanner = mutation.cellScanner();
-      while (!cellScanner.advance()) {
+      while (cellScanner.advance()) {
         Cell cell = cellScanner.current();
         get.addColumn(CellUtil.cloneFamily(cell), CellUtil.cloneQualifier(cell));
       }