diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ReadCommand.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ReadCommand.java
index 9696725b3c..1ed8bb4f97 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ReadCommand.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ReadCommand.java
@@ -1634,7 +1634,11 @@ public abstract class ReadCommand extends MonitorableImpl implements ReadQuery
         {
             SortedSet<Clustering> requestedRows = filter.requestedRows();
             Slices slices;
-            if (requestedRows.isEmpty() || requestedRows.size() == 1 && requestedRows.first().size() == 0)
+            if (requestedRows.isEmpty())
+            {
+                slices = Slices.NONE;
+            }
+            else if (requestedRows.size() == 1 && requestedRows.first().size() == 0)
             {
                 slices = Slices.ALL;
             }