diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
index bd5880db1b7..0f2b753c859 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellUtil.java
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ public final class CellUtil {
   public static ByteBuffer getValueBufferShallowCopy(Cell cell) {
     ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(cell.getValueArray(), cell.getValueOffset(),
       cell.getValueLength());
-//    buffer.position(buffer.limit());//make it look as if value was appended
+    return buffer;
+  }
+
+  public static ByteBuffer getQualifierBufferShallowCopy(Cell cell) {
+    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(cell.getQualifierArray(), cell.getQualifierOffset(),
+        cell.getQualifierLength());
     return buffer;
   }