diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ClientSideRegionScanner.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ClientSideRegionScanner.java
index 4a8dd1d3ac86..191910441409 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ClientSideRegionScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ClientSideRegionScanner.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class ClientSideRegionScanner extends AbstractClientScanner {
   private HRegion region;
   RegionScanner scanner;
   List<Cell> values;
+  boolean hasMore = true;
 
   public ClientSideRegionScanner(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path rootDir,
     TableDescriptor htd, RegionInfo hri, Scan scan, ScanMetrics scanMetrics) throws IOException {
@@ -90,12 +91,13 @@ public ClientSideRegionScanner(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path rootDir,
 
   @Override
   public Result next() throws IOException {
-    values.clear();
-    scanner.nextRaw(values);
-    if (values.isEmpty()) {
-      // we are done
-      return null;
-    }
+    do {
+      if (!hasMore) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      values.clear();
+      this.hasMore = scanner.nextRaw(values);
+    } while (values.isEmpty());
 
     Result result = Result.create(values);
     if (this.scanMetrics != null) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestClientSideRegionScanner.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestClientSideRegionScanner.java
index c2568194bf27..dc67892dc04a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestClientSideRegionScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestClientSideRegionScanner.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -25,14 +27,19 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CompareOperator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.FilterList;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.SingleColumnValueFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.BlockCache;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.IndexOnlyLruBlockCache;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.ClientTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.SmallTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -47,6 +54,9 @@ public class TestClientSideRegionScanner {
     HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestClientSideRegionScanner.class);
 
   private final static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+  private static final TableName TABLE_NAME = TableName.valueOf("test");
+  private static final byte[] FAM_NAME = Bytes.toBytes("f");
+  private static final byte[] FAM_NAME_2 = Bytes.toBytes("f2");
 
   private Configuration conf;
   private Path rootDir;
@@ -113,4 +123,75 @@ public void testNoBlockCache() throws IOException {
     BlockCache blockCache = clientSideRegionScanner.getRegion().getBlockCache();
     assertNull(blockCache);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testContinuesToScanIfHasMore() throws IOException {
+    // In order to hit this bug, we need RegionScanner to exit out early despite having retrieved
+    // no values. By default, RegionScanner will continue until it gets values or a limit is
+    // exceeded. In the context of this test, the easiest way to do that is to trigger the
+    // retryImmediately behavior of converting from PREAD to STREAM. To do that, we set PREAD max
+    // bytes to a small number. Then we need to actually check our limits, which would trigger
+    // retryImmediately. To do that, we use joinedContinuationRow (essential family) through
+    // a SingleColumnValueFilter with setFilterIfMissing(true). This causes FAM_NAME_2 to be
+    // non-essential, and only brought in when the filter passes. This causes us to go through the
+    // limit check in joinedContinuationRow and exit out early with hasMore=true but empty values.
+    // Prior to HBASE-27950, the first call to ClientSideRegionScanner.next() below would
+    // return null because of the empty values list, and there would further be nulls in
+    // between row 5 and 8. With the fix, the scanner appropriately continues iterating, only
+    // returning if there are values or finally when hasMore=false at the end. Thus, the first
+    // next returns row 5, then row 8, then null because the scanner is exhausted. The intermediate
+    // nulls from rows in between are correctly skipped.
+
+    Configuration copyConf = new Configuration(conf);
+    copyConf.setLong(StoreScanner.STORESCANNER_PREAD_MAX_BYTES, 1);
+    int[] filteredRows = new int[] { 5, 8 };
+    FilterList filterList = new FilterList(FilterList.Operator.MUST_PASS_ONE);
+    for (int filteredRow : filteredRows) {
+      SingleColumnValueFilter filter = new SingleColumnValueFilter(FAM_NAME,
+        Bytes.toBytes(filteredRow), CompareOperator.EQUAL, Bytes.toBytes(filteredRow));
+      filter.setFilterIfMissing(true);
+      filterList.addFilter(filter);
+    }
+
+    Scan scan = new Scan();
+    scan.setFilter(filterList);
+    scan.setLimit(1);
+
+    try (Table table = TEST_UTIL.createTable(TABLE_NAME, new byte[][] { FAM_NAME, FAM_NAME_2 })) {
+      TableDescriptor htd = TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().getDescriptor(TABLE_NAME);
+      RegionInfo hri = TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().getRegions(TABLE_NAME).get(0);
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+        table.put(createPut(i));
+      }
+
+      // Flush contents to disk so we can scan the fs
+      TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().flush(TABLE_NAME);
+
+      ClientSideRegionScanner clientSideRegionScanner =
+        new ClientSideRegionScanner(copyConf, fs, rootDir, htd, hri, scan, null);
+
+      Result result;
+
+      for (int filteredRow : filteredRows) {
+        result = clientSideRegionScanner.next();
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertEquals(Bytes.toInt(result.getRow()), filteredRow);
+        assertTrue(clientSideRegionScanner.hasMore);
+      }
+
+      result = clientSideRegionScanner.next();
+      assertNull(result);
+      assertFalse(clientSideRegionScanner.hasMore);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static Put createPut(int rowAsInt) {
+    byte[] row = Bytes.toBytes(rowAsInt);
+    Put put = new Put(row);
+    put.addColumn(FAM_NAME, row, row);
+    put.addColumn(FAM_NAME_2, row, row);
+    return put;
+  }
+
 }