diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
index 4243f5b481a..08ecd632c62 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class TestBackupBase {
   protected static TableName table3 = TableName.valueOf("table3");
   protected static TableName table4 = TableName.valueOf("table4");
 
-  protected static TableName table1_restore = TableName.valueOf("ns1:table1_restore");
-  protected static TableName table2_restore = TableName.valueOf("ns2:table2_restore");
+  protected static TableName table1_restore = TableName.valueOf("default:table1");
+  protected static TableName table2_restore = TableName.valueOf("ns2:table2");
   protected static TableName table3_restore = TableName.valueOf("ns3:table3_restore");
   protected static TableName table4_restore = TableName.valueOf("ns4:table4_restore");
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class TestBackupBase {
 
   protected static void createTables() throws Exception {
     long tid = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    table1 = TableName.valueOf("ns1:test-" + tid);
+    table1 = TableName.valueOf("test-" + tid);
     HBaseAdmin ha = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin();
 
     // Create namespaces
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
index 0bce7693739..b74f42fb839 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestIncrementalBackup.java
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ public class TestIncrementalBackup extends TestBackupBase {
     String backupIdIncMultiple2 = client.backupTables(request);
     assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdIncMultiple2));
 
-    // #4 - restore full backup for all tables, without overwrite
+    // #4 - restore full backup for all tables
     TableName[] tablesRestoreFull = new TableName[] { table1, table2 };
 
     TableName[] tablesMapFull = new TableName[] { table1_restore, table2_restore };
 
     LOG.debug("Restoring full " + backupIdFull);
     client.restore(BackupUtils.createRestoreRequest(BACKUP_ROOT_DIR, backupIdFull, false,
-      tablesRestoreFull, tablesMapFull, false));
+      tablesRestoreFull, tablesMapFull, true));
 
     // #5.1 - check tables for full restore
     HBaseAdmin hAdmin = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin();
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
index 3b04c0b00b3..a403455d6d9 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ public class HFileOutputFormat2
         byte[] tableNameBytes = null;
         if (writeMultipleTables) {
           tableNameBytes = MultiTableHFileOutputFormat.getTableName(row.get());
+          tableNameBytes =
+              TableName.valueOf(tableNameBytes).getNameWithNamespaceInclAsString()
+              .getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset());
           if (!allTableNames.contains(Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes))) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("TableName '" + Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes) +
                     "' not" + " expected");
@@ -639,7 +643,10 @@ public class HFileOutputFormat2
     for( TableInfo tableInfo : multiTableInfo )
     {
       regionLocators.add(tableInfo.getRegionLocator());
-      allTableNames.add(tableInfo.getRegionLocator().getName().getNameAsString());
+      String tn = writeMultipleTables?
+        tableInfo.getRegionLocator().getName().getNameWithNamespaceInclAsString():
+        tableInfo.getRegionLocator().getName().getNameAsString();
+      allTableNames.add(tn);
       tableDescriptors.add(tableInfo.getTableDescriptor());
     }
     // Record tablenames for creating writer by favored nodes, and decoding compression, block size and other attributes of columnfamily per table
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat2.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat2.java
index 710a94c89c6..09444acc4ed 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat2.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestHFileOutputFormat2.java
@@ -627,15 +627,19 @@ public class TestHFileOutputFormat2  {
     Path testDir = util.getDataTestDirOnTestFS("testLocalMRIncrementalLoad");
     // Generate the bulk load files
     runIncrementalPELoad(conf, tableInfo, testDir, putSortReducer);
+    if (writeMultipleTables) {
+      testDir = new Path(testDir, "default");
+    }
 
     for (Table tableSingle : allTables.values()) {
       // This doesn't write into the table, just makes files
       assertEquals("HFOF should not touch actual table", 0, util.countRows(tableSingle));
     }
     int numTableDirs = 0;
-    for (FileStatus tf : testDir.getFileSystem(conf).listStatus(testDir)) {
+    FileStatus[] fss =
+        testDir.getFileSystem(conf).listStatus(testDir);
+    for (FileStatus tf: fss) {
       Path tablePath = testDir;
-
       if (writeMultipleTables) {
         if (allTables.containsKey(tf.getPath().getName())) {
           ++numTableDirs;
@@ -648,7 +652,8 @@ public class TestHFileOutputFormat2  {
 
       // Make sure that a directory was created for every CF
       int dir = 0;
-      for (FileStatus f : tablePath.getFileSystem(conf).listStatus(tablePath)) {
+      fss = tablePath.getFileSystem(conf).listStatus(tablePath);
+      for (FileStatus f: fss) {
         for (byte[] family : FAMILIES) {
           if (Bytes.toString(family).equals(f.getPath().getName())) {
             ++dir;