diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d2b167c8b8..4dfa96fcbc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * (Hadoop) allow wrapping ranges in queries (CASSANDRA-3137)
  * (Hadoop) check all interfaces for a match with split location
    before falling back to random replica (CASSANDRA-3211)
+ * Fix stress COUNTER_GET option (CASSANDRA-3301)
 
 
 1.0.0-rc2
diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/CounterGetter.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/CounterGetter.java
index 4c74aee414..3d8b1fdf89 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/CounterGetter.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/CounterGetter.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class CounterGetter extends Operation
         for (int j = 0; j < session.getSuperColumns(); j++)
         {
             String superColumn = 'S' + Integer.toString(j);
-            ColumnParent parent = new ColumnParent("CounterSuper1").setSuper_column(superColumn.getBytes());
+            ColumnParent parent = new ColumnParent("SuperCounter1").setSuper_column(superColumn.getBytes());
 
             long start = System.currentTimeMillis();