diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
index 9a65ed929d7f..e582bdedd296 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/mapreduce/MapReduceBackupMergeJob.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.util.BackupUtils.succeeded;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -343,6 +344,11 @@ protected void moveData(FileSystem fs, String backupRoot, Path bulkOutputPath,
     Path dest =
       new Path(HBackupFileSystem.getTableBackupDir(backupRoot, mergedBackupId, tableName));
 
+    // Delete all *data* files in dest
+    if (!deleteData(fs, dest)) {
+      throw new IOException("Could not delete " + dest);
+    }
+
     FileStatus[] fsts = fs.listStatus(bulkOutputPath);
     for (FileStatus fst : fsts) {
       if (fst.isDirectory()) {
@@ -361,6 +367,41 @@ protected void moveData(FileSystem fs, String backupRoot, Path bulkOutputPath,
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Deletes only data files and keeps all META
+   * @param fs   file system instance
+   * @param dest destination location
+   * @return true, if success, false - otherwise
+   * @throws FileNotFoundException exception
+   * @throws IOException           exception
+   */
+  private boolean deleteData(FileSystem fs, Path dest) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+    RemoteIterator<LocatedFileStatus> it = fs.listFiles(dest, true);
+    List<Path> toDelete = new ArrayList<Path>();
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+      Path p = it.next().getPath();
+      if (fs.isDirectory(p)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      // Keep meta
+      String fileName = p.toString();
+      if (
+        fileName.indexOf(FSTableDescriptors.TABLEINFO_DIR) > 0
+          || fileName.indexOf(HRegionFileSystem.REGION_INFO_FILE) > 0
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      toDelete.add(p);
+    }
+    for (Path p : toDelete) {
+      boolean result = fs.delete(p, false);
+      if (!result) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   protected TableName[] getTableNamesInBackupImages(String[] backupIds) throws IOException {
     Set<TableName> allSet = new HashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
index 13c7cbe2a764..600aed1fb63b 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ public void write(ImmutableBytesWritable row, V cell) throws IOException {
         } else {
           tableNameBytes = Bytes.toBytes(writeTableNames);
         }
+        String tableName = Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes);
         Path tableRelPath = getTableRelativePath(tableNameBytes);
         byte[] tableAndFamily = getTableNameSuffixedWithFamily(tableNameBytes, family);
 
@@ -294,7 +295,6 @@ public void write(ImmutableBytesWritable row, V cell) throws IOException {
           if (conf.getBoolean(LOCALITY_SENSITIVE_CONF_KEY, DEFAULT_LOCALITY_SENSITIVE)) {
             HRegionLocation loc = null;
 
-            String tableName = Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes);
             if (tableName != null) {
               try (
                 Connection connection =
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
index 687e80568b2f..65b77d17a903 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/WALPlayer.java
@@ -143,19 +143,22 @@ public void setup(Context context) throws IOException {
    * A mapper that just writes out Cells. This one can be used together with {@link CellSortReducer}
    */
   static class WALCellMapper extends Mapper<WALKey, WALEdit, ImmutableBytesWritable, Cell> {
-    private byte[] table;
+    private Set<String> tableSet = new HashSet<>();
+    private boolean multiTableSupport = false;
 
     @Override
     public void map(WALKey key, WALEdit value, Context context) throws IOException {
       try {
-        // skip all other tables
-        if (Bytes.equals(table, key.getTableName().getName())) {
+        TableName table = key.getTableName();
+        if (tableSet.contains(table.getNameAsString())) {
           for (Cell cell : value.getCells()) {
             if (WALEdit.isMetaEditFamily(cell)) {
               continue;
             }
-            context.write(new ImmutableBytesWritable(CellUtil.cloneRow(cell)),
-              new MapReduceExtendedCell(cell));
+            byte[] outKey = multiTableSupport
+              ? Bytes.add(table.getName(), Bytes.toBytes(tableSeparator), CellUtil.cloneRow(cell))
+              : CellUtil.cloneRow(cell);
+            context.write(new ImmutableBytesWritable(outKey), new MapReduceExtendedCell(cell));
           }
         }
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -165,13 +168,12 @@ public void map(WALKey key, WALEdit value, Context context) throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public void setup(Context context) throws IOException {
-      // only a single table is supported when HFiles are generated with HFileOutputFormat
-      String[] tables = context.getConfiguration().getStrings(TABLES_KEY);
-      if (tables == null || tables.length != 1) {
-        // this can only happen when WALMapper is used directly by a class other than WALPlayer
-        throw new IOException("Exactly one table must be specified for bulk HFile case.");
+      Configuration conf = context.getConfiguration();
+      String[] tables = conf.getStrings(TABLES_KEY);
+      this.multiTableSupport = conf.getBoolean(MULTI_TABLES_SUPPORT, false);
+      for (String table : tables) {
+        tableSet.add(table);
       }
-      table = Bytes.toBytes(tables[0]);
     }
   }
 
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ public Job createSubmittableJob(String[] args) throws IOException {
       FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(job, outputDir);
       job.setMapOutputValueClass(KeyValue.class);
       try (Connection conn = ConnectionFactory.createConnection(conf);) {
-        List<TableInfo> tableInfoList = new ArrayList<TableInfo>();
+        List<TableInfo> tableInfoList = new ArrayList<>();
         for (TableName tableName : tableNames) {
           Table table = conn.getTable(tableName);
           RegionLocator regionLocator = conn.getRegionLocator(tableName);