diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequence.java b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequence.java
index 4212e6564cd..2cc4e4b8c52 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequence.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequence.java
@@ -73,38 +73,57 @@ public class CombiningSequence<T> implements Sequence<T>
     final CombiningYieldingAccumulator<OutType, T> combiningAccumulator = new CombiningYieldingAccumulator<OutType, T>(
         ordering, mergeFn, accumulator
     );
+
+    combiningAccumulator.setRetVal(initValue);
     Yielder<T> baseYielder = baseSequence.toYielder(null, combiningAccumulator);
 
-    if (baseYielder.isDone()) {
-      return Yielders.done(initValue, baseYielder);
-    }
-
-    return makeYielder(baseYielder, combiningAccumulator);
+    return makeYielder(baseYielder, combiningAccumulator, false);
   }
 
   public <OutType, T> Yielder<OutType> makeYielder(
-      final Yielder<T> yielder, final CombiningYieldingAccumulator<OutType, T> combiningAccumulator
+      Yielder<T> yielder,
+      final CombiningYieldingAccumulator<OutType, T> combiningAccumulator,
+      boolean finalValue
   )
   {
+    final Yielder<T> finalYielder;
+    final OutType retVal;
+    final boolean finalFinalValue;
+
+    if(!yielder.isDone()) {
+      retVal = combiningAccumulator.getRetVal();
+      finalYielder = yielder.next(yielder.get());
+      finalFinalValue = false;
+    } else {
+      if(!finalValue && combiningAccumulator.accumulatedSomething()) {
+        combiningAccumulator.accumulateLastValue();
+        retVal = combiningAccumulator.getRetVal();
+        finalFinalValue = true;
+
+        if(!combiningAccumulator.yielded()) {
+          return Yielders.done(null, yielder);
+        } else {
+          finalYielder = Yielders.done(null, yielder);
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        return Yielders.done(null, yielder);
+      }
+    }
+
+
     return new Yielder<OutType>()
     {
       @Override
       public OutType get()
       {
-        return combiningAccumulator.getRetVal();
+        return retVal;
       }
 
       @Override
-      public Yielder<OutType> next(OutType outType)
+      public Yielder<OutType> next(OutType initValue)
       {
-        T nextIn = yielder.get();
-        combiningAccumulator.setRetVal(outType);
-        final Yielder<T> baseYielder = yielder.next(nextIn);
-        if (baseYielder.isDone()) {
-          final OutType outValue = combiningAccumulator.getAccumulator().accumulate(outType, baseYielder.get());
-          return Yielders.done(outValue, baseYielder);
-        }
-        return makeYielder(baseYielder, combiningAccumulator);
+        return makeYielder(finalYielder, combiningAccumulator, finalFinalValue);
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -116,7 +135,7 @@ public class CombiningSequence<T> implements Sequence<T>
       @Override
       public void close() throws IOException
       {
-        yielder.close();
+        finalYielder.close();
       }
     };
   }
@@ -128,6 +147,8 @@ public class CombiningSequence<T> implements Sequence<T>
     private final YieldingAccumulator<OutType, T> accumulator;
 
     private volatile OutType retVal;
+    private volatile T lastMergedVal;
+    private volatile boolean accumulatedSomething = false;
 
     public CombiningYieldingAccumulator(
         Ordering<T> ordering,
@@ -173,17 +194,34 @@ public class CombiningSequence<T> implements Sequence<T>
     @Override
     public T accumulate(T prevValue, T t)
     {
+      if (!accumulatedSomething) {
+        accumulatedSomething = true;
+      }
+
       if (prevValue == null) {
-        return mergeFn.apply(t, null);
+        lastMergedVal = mergeFn.apply(t, null);
+        return lastMergedVal;
       }
 
       if (ordering.compare(prevValue, t) == 0) {
-        return mergeFn.apply(prevValue, t);
+        lastMergedVal = mergeFn.apply(prevValue, t);
+        return lastMergedVal;
       }
 
+      lastMergedVal = t;
       retVal = accumulator.accumulate(retVal, prevValue);
       return t;
     }
+
+    public void accumulateLastValue()
+    {
+      retVal = accumulator.accumulate(retVal, lastMergedVal);
+    }
+
+    public boolean accumulatedSomething()
+    {
+      return accumulatedSomething;
+    }
   }
 
   private class CombiningAccumulator<OutType> implements Accumulator<T, T>
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequenceTest.java b/common/src/test/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequenceTest.java
index 3b997f4cdcf..8e100113e5f 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequenceTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/io/druid/common/guava/CombiningSequenceTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package io.druid.common.guava;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.metamx.common.Pair;
@@ -29,16 +31,34 @@ import com.metamx.common.guava.YieldingAccumulator;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.nary.BinaryFn;
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class CombiningSequenceTest
 {
+  @Parameterized.Parameters
+  public static Collection<Object[]> valuesToTry()
+  {
+    return Arrays.asList(new Object[][] {
+        {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}, {1000}
+    });
+  }
+
+  private final int yieldEvery;
+
+  public CombiningSequenceTest(int yieldEvery)
+  {
+    this.yieldEvery = yieldEvery;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMerge() throws IOException
   {
@@ -65,6 +85,75 @@ public class CombiningSequenceTest
     testCombining(pairs, expected);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNoMergeOne() throws IOException
+  {
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> pairs = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 1)
+    );
+
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expected = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 1)
+    );
+
+    testCombining(pairs, expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMergeMany() throws IOException
+  {
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> pairs = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 6),
+        Pair.of(1, 1),
+        Pair.of(2, 1),
+        Pair.of(5, 11),
+        Pair.of(6, 1),
+        Pair.of(5, 1)
+    );
+
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expected = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 6),
+        Pair.of(1, 1),
+        Pair.of(2, 1),
+        Pair.of(5, 11),
+        Pair.of(6, 1),
+        Pair.of(5, 1)
+    );
+
+    testCombining(pairs, expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNoMergeTwo() throws IOException
+  {
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> pairs = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 1),
+        Pair.of(1, 1)
+    );
+
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expected = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 1),
+        Pair.of(1, 1)
+    );
+
+    testCombining(pairs, expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMergeTwo() throws IOException
+  {
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> pairs = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 1),
+        Pair.of(0, 1)
+    );
+
+    List<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expected = Arrays.asList(
+        Pair.of(0, 2)
+    );
+
+    testCombining(pairs, expected);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMergeSomeThingsMergedAtEnd() throws IOException
   {
@@ -136,28 +225,50 @@ public class CombiningSequenceTest
         null,
         new YieldingAccumulator<Pair<Integer, Integer>, Pair<Integer, Integer>>()
         {
+          int count = 0;
+
           @Override
           public Pair<Integer, Integer> accumulate(
               Pair<Integer, Integer> lhs, Pair<Integer, Integer> rhs
           )
           {
-            yield();
+            count++;
+            if(count % yieldEvery == 0) yield();
             return rhs;
           }
         }
     );
 
-    Iterator<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expectedVals = expected.iterator();
+    Iterator<Pair<Integer, Integer>> expectedVals = Iterators.filter(
+        expected.iterator(),
+        new Predicate<Pair<Integer, Integer>>()
+        {
+          int count = 0;
+
+          @Override
+          public boolean apply(
+              @Nullable Pair<Integer, Integer> input
+          )
+          {
+            count++;
+            if (count % yieldEvery == 0) {
+              return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+    );
 
     if (expectedVals.hasNext()) {
       while (!yielder.isDone()) {
-        final Pair<Integer, Integer> nextVal = expectedVals.next();
-        Assert.assertEquals(nextVal, yielder.get());
-        yielder = yielder.next(null);
+        final Pair<Integer, Integer> expectedVal = expectedVals.next();
+        final Pair<Integer, Integer> actual = yielder.get();
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedVal, actual);
+        yielder = yielder.next(actual);
       }
-      Assert.assertEquals(expectedVals.next(), yielder.get());
     }
     Assert.assertTrue(yielder.isDone());
+    Assert.assertFalse(expectedVals.hasNext());
     yielder.close();
   }
 }