Index: src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java =================================================================== --- src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java (revision 784993) +++ src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java (working copy) @@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ //Writable public void readFields(final DataInput in) throws IOException { + familyMap = null; int numKeys = in.readInt(); this.kvs = new KeyValue[numKeys]; if(numKeys == 0) {