Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFile.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFile.java (revision 963876) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFile.java (working copy) @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ try { byte [] timerangeBytes = metadataMap.get(TIMERANGE_KEY); - if (b != null) { + if (timerangeBytes != null) { this.reader.timeRangeTracker = new TimeRangeTracker(); Writables.copyWritable(timerangeBytes, this.reader.timeRangeTracker); }