diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
index b5b79d2d49a..dd58d5c31e1 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapred/TableInputFormatBase.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ implements InputFormat<ImmutableBytesWritable, Result> {
    * @throws IOException
    */
   protected void initializeTable(Connection connection, TableName tableName) throws IOException {
-    if (table != null || connection != null) {
+    if (this.table != null || this.connection != null) {
       LOG.warn("initializeTable called multiple times. Overwriting connection and table " +
           "reference; TableInputFormatBase will not close these old references when done.");
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormatBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormatBase.java
index 6c42d7f446a..e27251a8542 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormatBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableInputFormatBase.java
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ extends InputFormat<ImmutableBytesWritable, Result> {
    * @throws IOException 
    */
   protected void initializeTable(Connection connection, TableName tableName) throws IOException {
-    if (table != null || connection != null) {
+    if (this.table != null || this.connection != null) {
       LOG.warn("initializeTable called multiple times. Overwriting connection and table " +
           "reference; TableInputFormatBase will not close these old references when done.");
     }