Index: core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplitThread.java =================================================================== --- core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplitThread.java (revision 941080) +++ core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplitThread.java (working copy) @@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Put put = new Put(oldRegionInfo.getRegionName()); put.add(CATALOG_FAMILY, REGIONINFO_QUALIFIER, Writables.getBytes(oldRegionInfo)); + put.add(CATALOG_FAMILY, SERVER_QUALIFIER, EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY); + put.add(CATALOG_FAMILY, STARTCODE_QUALIFIER, EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY); put.add(CATALOG_FAMILY, SPLITA_QUALIFIER, Writables.getBytes(newRegions[0].getRegionInfo())); put.add(CATALOG_FAMILY, SPLITB_QUALIFIER,