diff --git a/hbase-prefix-tree/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/codec/prefixtree/decode/PrefixTreeArrayScanner.java b/hbase-prefix-tree/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/codec/prefixtree/decode/PrefixTreeArrayScanner.java
index c20626e518a..cc79dbe54bd 100644
--- a/hbase-prefix-tree/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/codec/prefixtree/decode/PrefixTreeArrayScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-prefix-tree/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/codec/prefixtree/decode/PrefixTreeArrayScanner.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public class PrefixTreeArrayScanner extends PrefixTreeCell implements CellScanne
 
   protected int populateNonRowFieldsAndCompareTo(int cellNum, Cell key) {
     populateNonRowFields(cellNum);
-    return CellComparator.compareStatic(this, key, false);
+    return CellComparator.compareStatic(this, key, true);
   }
 
   protected void populateFirstNonRowFields() {