diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e5170ab7c9a..2eec2186e5e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Release 0.19.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-898   RowResult.containsKey(String) doesn't work
                (Doğacan Güney via Jim Kellerman)
    HBASE-906   [shell] Truncates output
+   HBASE-912   PE is broken when other tables exist
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-901   Add a limit to key length, check key and value length on client side
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
index 9ec2e859292..d79f9dde4a9 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class PerformanceEvaluation implements HConstants {
     if (extantTables.length > 0) {
       // Check to see if our table already exists.  Print warning if it does.
       for (int i = 0; i < extantTables.length; i++) {
-        if (extantTables[0].equals(tableDescriptor)) {
+        if (extantTables[1].equals(tableDescriptor)) {
           LOG.warn("Table " + tableDescriptor + " already exists");
           tableExists = true;
           break;
@@ -701,4 +701,4 @@ public class PerformanceEvaluation implements HConstants {
     System.exit(new PerformanceEvaluation(c).
       doCommandLine(args));
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}