diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
index aaf7abfde006..99ac9da819a4 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Result.java
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ public CellScanner cellScanner() {
 
   @Override
   public Cell current() {
-    if (cells == null
+    if (isEmpty()
             || cellScannerIndex == INITIAL_CELLSCANNER_INDEX
             || cellScannerIndex >= cells.length)
       return null;
@@ -975,7 +975,9 @@ public Cell current() {
 
   @Override
   public boolean advance() {
-    if (cells == null) return false;
+    if (isEmpty()) {
+      return false;
+    }
     cellScannerIndex++;
     if (cellScannerIndex < this.cells.length) {
       return true;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
index 418b0fb5e16a..aaac70b71ab5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestResult.java
@@ -115,14 +115,12 @@ public void testCurrentOnEmptyCell() throws IOException {
     assertNull(r.current());
   }
 
-  public void testAdvanceTwiceOnEmptyCell() throws IOException {
+  public void testAdvanceMultipleOnEmptyCell() throws IOException {
     Result r = Result.create(new Cell[0]);
-    assertFalse(r.advance());
-    try {
-      r.advance();
-      fail("NoSuchElementException should have been thrown!");
-    } catch (NoSuchElementException ex) {
-      LOG.debug("As expected: " + ex.getMessage());
+    // After HBASE-26688, advance of result with empty cell list will always return false.
+    // Here 10 is an arbitrary number to test the logic.
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      assertFalse(r.advance());
     }
   }