diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieCombineRealtimeRecordReader.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieCombineRealtimeRecordReader.java
index 7a0bd37bb..615d95ee5 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieCombineRealtimeRecordReader.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/realtime/HoodieCombineRealtimeRecordReader.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class HoodieCombineRealtimeRecordReader implements RecordReader<NullWrita
     } else if (recordReaders.size() > 0) {
       this.currentRecordReader.close();
       this.currentRecordReader = recordReaders.remove(0);
-      return this.currentRecordReader.next(key, value);
+      return next(key, value);
     } else {
       return false;
     }