diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 9a37ef30e9c..74c6b0ddfa5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
    * It is used to combine scanners from multiple Stores (aka column families).
    */
   class RegionScanner implements InternalScanner {
-    private final KeyValueHeap storeHeap;
+    private KeyValueHeap storeHeap = null;
     private final byte [] stopRow;
     private Filter filter;
     private List<KeyValue> results = new ArrayList<KeyValue>();
@@ -1929,11 +1929,11 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
     private int batch;
     // Doesn't need to be volatile, always accessed under a sync'ed method
     private boolean filterClosed = false;
+    private Scan theScan = null;
+    private List<KeyValueScanner> extraScanners = null;
 
     RegionScanner(Scan scan, List<KeyValueScanner> additionalScanners) {
-      ReadWriteConsistencyControl.resetThreadReadPoint(rwcc);
-
-      //DebugPrint.println("HRegionScanner.<init>, threadpoint = " + ReadWriteConsistencyControl.getThreadReadPoint());
+      //DebugPrint.println("HRegionScanner.<init>");
       this.filter = scan.getFilter();
       this.batch = scan.getBatch();
 
@@ -1945,24 +1945,30 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
       // If we are doing a get, we want to be [startRow,endRow] normally
       // it is [startRow,endRow) and if startRow=endRow we get nothing.
       this.isScan = scan.isGetScan() ? -1 : 0;
-      
-      List<KeyValueScanner> scanners = new ArrayList<KeyValueScanner>();
-      if (additionalScanners != null) {
-        scanners.addAll(additionalScanners);
-      }
-      for (Map.Entry<byte[], NavigableSet<byte[]>> entry :
-          scan.getFamilyMap().entrySet()) {
-        Store store = stores.get(entry.getKey());
-        scanners.add(store.getScanner(scan, entry.getValue()));
-      }
-      this.storeHeap =
-        new KeyValueHeap(scanners.toArray(new KeyValueScanner[0]), comparator);
+      this.theScan = scan;
+      this.extraScanners = additionalScanners;
     }
 
     RegionScanner(Scan scan) {
       this(scan, null);
     }
 
+    void initHeap() {
+      List<KeyValueScanner> scanners = new ArrayList<KeyValueScanner>();
+      if (extraScanners != null) {
+        scanners.addAll(extraScanners);
+      }
+
+      for (Map.Entry<byte[], NavigableSet<byte[]>> entry :
+          theScan.getFamilyMap().entrySet()) {
+        Store store = stores.get(entry.getKey());
+        scanners.add(store.getScanner(theScan, entry.getValue()));
+      }
+      this.storeHeap =
+        new KeyValueHeap(scanners.toArray(new KeyValueScanner[0]), comparator);
+    }
+
+
     private void resetFilters() {
       if (filter != null) {
         filter.reset();
@@ -1987,6 +1993,11 @@ public class HRegion implements HConstants, HeapSize { // , Writable{
 
       // This could be a new thread from the last time we called next().
       ReadWriteConsistencyControl.resetThreadReadPoint(rwcc);
+      // lazy init the store heap.
+      if (storeHeap == null) {
+        initHeap();
+      }
+
       results.clear();
       boolean returnResult = nextInternal(limit);
       if (!returnResult && filter != null && filter.filterRow()) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java
index 42587372724..83be0974c0d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestCase.java
@@ -672,4 +672,14 @@ public abstract class HBaseTestCase extends TestCase {
       Bytes.toString(actual) + ">");
     }
   }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(byte[] expected,
+                               byte[] actual) {
+    if (Bytes.compareTo(expected, actual) != 0) {
+      throw new AssertionFailedError("expected:<" +
+      Bytes.toStringBinary(expected) + "> but was:<" +
+      Bytes.toStringBinary(actual) + ">");
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
index 2a4f7785315..6d51b8f14b1 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegion.java
@@ -1025,19 +1025,21 @@ public class TestHRegion extends HBaseTestCase {
     region.put(put);
 
     Scan scan = null;
-    InternalScanner is = null;
-
-    //Testing to see how many scanners that is produced by getScanner, starting
+    HRegion.RegionScanner is = null;
+    
+    //Testing to see how many scanners that is produced by getScanner, starting 
     //with known number, 2 - current = 1
     scan = new Scan();
     scan.addFamily(fam2);
     scan.addFamily(fam4);
-    is = region.getScanner(scan);
+    is = (RegionScanner) region.getScanner(scan);
+    is.initHeap(); // i dont like this test
     assertEquals(1, ((RegionScanner)is).getStoreHeap().getHeap().size());
 
     scan = new Scan();
-    is = region.getScanner(scan);
-    assertEquals(families.length -1,
+    is = (RegionScanner) region.getScanner(scan);
+    is.initHeap();
+    assertEquals(families.length -1, 
         ((RegionScanner)is).getStoreHeap().getHeap().size());
   }
 
@@ -2185,6 +2187,15 @@ public class TestHRegion extends HBaseTestCase {
         }
         Assert.assertTrue(timestamp >= prevTimestamp);
         prevTimestamp = timestamp;
+
+        byte [] gotValue = null;
+        for (KeyValue kv : result.raw()) {
+          byte [] thisValue = kv.getValue();
+          if (gotValue != null) {
+            assertEquals(gotValue, thisValue);
+          }
+          gotValue = thisValue;
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMemStore.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMemStore.java
index 18bb3710bfd..9d0d3a9bc83 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMemStore.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestMemStore.java
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ public class TestMemStore extends TestCase {
         rwcc.completeMemstoreInsert(w);
 
         // Assert that we can read back
+        ReadWriteConsistencyControl.resetThreadReadPoint(rwcc);
 
         KeyValueScanner s = this.memstore.getScanners()[0];
         s.seek(kv);
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ public class TestMemStore extends TestCase {
     }
   }
 
-  public void no_testReadOwnWritesUnderConcurrency() throws Throwable {
+  public void testReadOwnWritesUnderConcurrency() throws Throwable {
 
     int NUM_THREADS = 8;