diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/KeyValueSortReducer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/KeyValueSortReducer.java
index 66f49d43440..c4a4732705d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/KeyValueSortReducer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/KeyValueSortReducer.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class KeyValueSortReducer extends Reducer<ImmutableBytesWritable, KeyValu
     int index = 0;
     for (KeyValue kv: map) {
       context.write(row, kv);
-      if (index > 0 && index % 100 == 0) context.setStatus("Wrote " + index);
+      if (++index % 100 == 0) context.setStatus("Wrote " + index);
     }
   }
 }
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