diff --git a/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient.java b/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient.java
index 1266362dbd8ea6452aa7446fef08f5f509e3964f..e710e643bfa2eb140698f4557fa5834b307df762 100644
--- a/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient.java
+++ b/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class HBaseClient extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB
     public HTable _hTable=null;
     public String _columnFamily="";
     public byte _columnFamilyBytes[];
-    public boolean _clientSideBuffering = true;
+    public boolean _clientSideBuffering = false;
 
     public static final int Ok=0;
     public static final int ServerError=-1;
diff --git a/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient10.java b/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient10.java
index da13f643543e2b49cf5bd29050e3819df6ccf9eb..5d5be920bd21da23685ed67dd5c8e9f8180d5f70 100644
--- a/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient10.java
+++ b/hbase/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/HBaseClient10.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class HBaseClient10 extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB
      * This is the default behavior for HBaseClient. For measuring
      * insert/update/delete latencies, client side buffering should be disabled.
      */
-    public boolean _clientSideBuffering = true;
+    public boolean _clientSideBuffering = false;
 
     public static final int Ok=0;
     public static final int ServerError=-1;
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ public class HBaseClient10 extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB
     @Override
     public void init() throws DBException
     {
-        if ("false".equals(getProperties().getProperty("clientbuffering", "true"))) {
-            this._clientSideBuffering = false;
+        if ("true".equals(getProperties().getProperty("clientbuffering", "false"))) {
+            this._clientSideBuffering = true;
         }
 
         if (getProperties().getProperty("durability") != null) {