diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/util/IntSerDeUtils.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/util/IntSerDeUtils.java
index 22615d2..9faef09 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/util/IntSerDeUtils.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/common/util/IntSerDeUtils.java
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 public class IntSerDeUtils {
 
     public static int getInt(byte[] bytes, int offset) {
-        if (offset + 3 > bytes.length) {
-            System.out.println("offset " + offset + " " + bytes.length);
-        }
         return ((bytes[offset] & 0xff) << 24) + ((bytes[offset + 1] & 0xff) << 16) + ((bytes[offset + 2] & 0xff) << 8)
                 + ((bytes[offset + 3] & 0xff) << 0);
     }
diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/util/ReferenceEntry.java b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/util/ReferenceEntry.java
index c049c8b..c06b50c 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/util/ReferenceEntry.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-dataflow-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/dataflow/std/util/ReferenceEntry.java
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
     }
 
     public void setTupleIndex(int tupleIndex, int[] keyFields, INormalizedKeyComputer nmkComputer) {
-        this.tupleIndex = tupleIndex;
         initTPointer(acccessor, tupleIndex, keyFields, nmkComputer);
     }
 
     private void initTPointer(FrameTupleAccessor fta, int tupleIndex, int[] keyFields,
             INormalizedKeyComputer nmkComputer) {
+        this.tupleIndex = tupleIndex;
         byte[] b1 = fta.getBuffer().array();
         for (int f = 0; f < keyFields.length; ++f) {
             int fIdx = keyFields[f];