Index: hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java =================================================================== --- hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java (revision 1499851) +++ hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java (working copy) @@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ public void split(final String tableNameOrRegionName, final String splitPoint) throws IOException, InterruptedException { - split(Bytes.toBytes(tableNameOrRegionName), Bytes.toBytes(splitPoint)); + split(Bytes.toBytes(tableNameOrRegionName), Bytes.toBytesBinary(splitPoint)); } /**