Index: hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TablePermission.java =================================================================== --- hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TablePermission.java (revision 1551353) +++ hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TablePermission.java (working copy) @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ((qualifier == null && other.getQualifier() == null) || Bytes.equals(qualifier, other.getQualifier())) && ((namespace == null && other.getNamespace() == null) || - namespace.equals(other.getNamespace())) + (namespace != null && namespace.equals(other.getNamespace()))) )) { return false; }