diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index e630b98a793..4b516d4bf1b 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -1086,9 +1086,7 @@ public final class ProtobufUtil {
     if (!scan.includeStartRow()) {
       scanBuilder.setIncludeStartRow(false);
     }
-    if (scan.includeStopRow()) {
-      scanBuilder.setIncludeStopRow(true);
-    }
+    scanBuilder.setIncludeStopRow(scan.includeStopRow());
     if (scan.getReadType() != Scan.ReadType.DEFAULT) {
       scanBuilder.setReadType(toReadType(scan.getReadType()));
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide3.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide3.java
index 560f5528850..4cfb853d98c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide3.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide3.java
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ public class TestFromClientSide3 {
     }
 
     Scan scan = new Scan();
-    scan.withStartRow(ROW).withStopRow(ROW).addFamily(FAMILY).setBatch(3)
+    scan.withStartRow(ROW).withStopRow(ROW, true).addFamily(FAMILY).setBatch(3)
         .setMaxResultSize(4 * 1024 * 1024);
     Result result;
     try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ public class TestFromClientSide3 {
     }
 
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.withStartRow(ROW).withStopRow(ROW).addFamily(FAMILY).setBatch(2)
+    scan.withStartRow(ROW).withStopRow(ROW, true).addFamily(FAMILY).setBatch(2)
         .setMaxResultSize(4 * 1024 * 1024);
     try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
       List<Result> list = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestScannersFromClientSide.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestScannersFromClientSide.java
index 17c8b92ea53..4bac32db555 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestScannersFromClientSide.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestScannersFromClientSide.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -699,4 +700,41 @@ public class TestScannersFromClientSide {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testScanWithSameStartRowStopRow() throws IOException {
+    TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf("testScanWithSameStartRowStopRow");
+    try (Table table = TEST_UTIL.createTable(tableName, FAMILY)) {
+      table.put(new Put(ROW).addColumn(FAMILY, QUALIFIER, VALUE));
+
+      Scan scan = new Scan().withStartRow(ROW).withStopRow(ROW);
+      try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
+        assertNull(scanner.next());
+      }
+
+      scan = new Scan().withStartRow(ROW, true).withStopRow(ROW, true);
+      try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
+        Result result = scanner.next();
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertArrayEquals(ROW, result.getRow());
+        assertArrayEquals(VALUE, result.getValue(FAMILY, QUALIFIER));
+        assertNull(scanner.next());
+      }
+
+      scan = new Scan().withStartRow(ROW, true).withStopRow(ROW, false);
+      try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
+        assertNull(scanner.next());
+      }
+
+      scan = new Scan().withStartRow(ROW, false).withStopRow(ROW, false);
+      try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
+        assertNull(scanner.next());
+      }
+
+      scan = new Scan().withStartRow(ROW, false).withStopRow(ROW, true);
+      try (ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan)) {
+        assertNull(scanner.next());
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/TestProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/TestProtobufUtil.java
index 7cff7fd46a8..7710cc31f2d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/TestProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/protobuf/TestProtobufUtil.java
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ public class TestProtobufUtil {
     scanBuilder.setMaxVersions(2);
     scanBuilder.setCacheBlocks(false);
     scanBuilder.setCaching(1024);
+    scanBuilder.setIncludeStopRow(false);
     ClientProtos.Scan expectedProto = scanBuilder.build();
 
     ClientProtos.Scan actualProto = ProtobufUtil.toScan(