Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java (revision 1494293) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java (working copy) @@ -667,6 +667,9 @@ */ @Override public Result[] get(List gets) throws IOException { + if (gets.size() == 1) { + return new Result[]{get(gets.get(0))}; + } try { Object [] r1 = batch((List)gets);