diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RegionInfo.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RegionInfo.java
index a6d16528cb2..dbda4a53cb8 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RegionInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RegionInfo.java
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ public interface RegionInfo extends Comparable<RegionInfo> {
    * @return True if this is last Region in Table
    */
   default boolean isLast() {
-    return Bytes.equals(getEndKey(), HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW);
+    return Bytes.equals(getEndKey(), HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index c0d346ea574..8e82025f0a5 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ public final class HConstants {
   /**
    * Last row in a table.
    */
-  public static final byte [] EMPTY_END_ROW = EMPTY_START_ROW;
+  public static final byte [] EMPTY_END_ROW = EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
 
   /**
     * Used by scanners and others when they're trying to detect the end of a