diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
index 364783f9ed3..c895eb43764 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Put.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class Put extends Mutation implements HeapSize, Comparable<Row> {
     this(putToCopy.getRow(), putToCopy.ts);
     this.familyMap = new TreeMap<byte [], List<Cell>>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
     for(Map.Entry<byte [], List<Cell>> entry: putToCopy.getFamilyCellMap().entrySet()) {
-      this.familyMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      this.familyMap.put(entry.getKey(), new ArrayList<Cell>(entry.getValue()));
     }
     this.durability = putToCopy.durability;
     for (Map.Entry<String, byte[]> entry : putToCopy.getAttributesMap().entrySet()) {
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestPut.java b/hbase-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestPut.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a877dc13bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestPut.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+public class TestPut {
+  @Test
+  public void testCopyConstructor() {
+    Put origin = new Put(Bytes.toBytes("ROW-01"));
+    byte[] family = Bytes.toBytes("CF-01");
+    byte[] qualifier = Bytes.toBytes("Q-01");
+
+    origin.addColumn(family, qualifier, Bytes.toBytes("V-01"));
+    Put clone = new Put(origin);
+
+    assertEquals(origin.getCellList(family), clone.getCellList(family));
+    origin.addColumn(family, qualifier, Bytes.toBytes("V-02"));
+
+    //They should have different cell lists
+    assertNotEquals(origin.getCellList(family), clone.getCellList(family));
+
+  }
+}