diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/MultiByteBuffer.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/MultiByteBuffer.java
index 5fcc34dc561..1b4ad2a1cf6 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/MultiByteBuffer.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/MultiByteBuffer.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class MultiByteBuffer {
    */
   private int getItemIndex(int elemIndex) {
     int index = 1;
-    while (elemIndex > this.itemBeginPos[index]) {
+    while (elemIndex >= this.itemBeginPos[index]) {
       index++;
       if (index == this.itemBeginPos.length) {
         throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class MultiByteBuffer {
    */
   private int getItemIndexFromCurItemIndex(int elemIndex) {
     int index = this.curItemIndex;
-    while (elemIndex < this.itemBeginPos[index]) {
+    while (elemIndex >= this.itemBeginPos[index]) {
       index++;
       if (index == this.itemBeginPos.length) {
         throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/TestMultiByteBuffer.java b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/TestMultiByteBuffer.java
index 27f34841bd9..ddab391719e 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/TestMultiByteBuffer.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/TestMultiByteBuffer.java
@@ -277,4 +277,40 @@ public class TestMultiByteBuffer {
     assertEquals(l1, dup.getLong());
     assertEquals(l2, dup.getLong());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetWithPosOnMultiBuffers() throws IOException {
+    byte[] b = new byte[4];
+    byte[] b1 = new byte[4];
+    ByteBuffer bb1 = ByteBuffer.wrap(b);
+    ByteBuffer bb2 = ByteBuffer.wrap(b1);
+    MultiByteBuffer mbb1 = new MultiByteBuffer(bb1, bb2);
+    mbb1.position(2);
+    mbb1.putInt(4);
+    int res = mbb1.getInt(2);
+    byte[] bres = new byte[4];
+    bres[0] = mbb1.get(2);
+    bres[1] = mbb1.get(3);
+    bres[2] = mbb1.get(4);
+    bres[3] = mbb1.get(5);
+    int expected = Bytes.toInt(bres);
+    assertEquals(res, expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetIntStrictlyForwardWithPosOnMultiBuffers() throws IOException {
+    byte[] b = new byte[4];
+    byte[] b1 = new byte[4];
+    ByteBuffer bb1 = ByteBuffer.wrap(b);
+    ByteBuffer bb2 = ByteBuffer.wrap(b1);
+    MultiByteBuffer mbb1 = new MultiByteBuffer(bb1, bb2);
+    mbb1.position(2);
+    mbb1.putInt(4);
+    mbb1.position(7);
+    mbb1.put((byte) 2);
+    mbb1.position(0);
+    mbb1.getIntStrictlyForward(4);
+    byte res = mbb1.get(7);
+    assertEquals((byte) 2, res);
+  }
 }