diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/entry/HashLookupSearch.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/entry/HashLookupSearch.java
index cc2495f9c..47ddf7295 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/entry/HashLookupSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/entry/HashLookupSearch.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.entry;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.CompactOffHeapLinearHashTable;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.VanillaChronicleHashHolder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.query.KeySearch;
+import net.openhft.chronicle.map.impl.stage.entry.MapEntryStages;
 import net.openhft.sg.Stage;
 import net.openhft.sg.StageRef;
 import net.openhft.sg.Staged;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public abstract class HashLookupSearch {
     @StageRef public VanillaChronicleHashHolder<?> hh;
     @StageRef HashLookupPos hlp;
     @StageRef KeySearch<?> ks;
+    @StageRef MapEntryStages<?, ?> e;
     
     @Stage("SearchKey") long searchKey = UNSET_KEY;
     @Stage("SearchKey") public long searchStartPos;
@@ -78,17 +80,22 @@ public abstract class HashLookupSearch {
         hlp.setHashLookupPos(hl().remove(addr(), hlp.hashLookupPos));
     }
 
-    public void putNewVolatile(long value) {
+    public void putNewVolatile(long entryPos) {
         // Correctness check + make putNewVolatile() dependant on keySearch, this, in turn,
         // is needed for hlp.hashLookupPos re-initialization after nextTier().
         // Not an assert statement, because ks.searchStatePresent() should run regardless assertions
         // enabled or not.
+        boolean keySearchReInit = !ks.keySearchInit();
         if (ks.searchStatePresent())
             throw new AssertionError();
+        if (keySearchReInit) {
+            // if key search was re-init, entry was re-init too during the search
+            e.readExistingEntry(entryPos);
+        }
 
-        hl().checkValueForPut(value);
+        hl().checkValueForPut(entryPos);
         long currentEntry = hl().readEntry(addr(), hlp.hashLookupPos);
-        hl().writeEntryVolatile(addr(), hlp.hashLookupPos, currentEntry, searchKey, value);
+        hl().writeEntryVolatile(addr(), hlp.hashLookupPos, currentEntry, searchKey, entryPos);
     }
     
     public boolean checkSlotContainsExpectedKeyAndValue(long value) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/query/KeySearch.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/query/KeySearch.java
index f56651785..ec73bed4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/query/KeySearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/stage/query/KeySearch.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class KeySearch<K> {
 
     @Stage("KeySearch") protected SearchState searchState = null;
 
-    abstract boolean keySearchInit();
+    public abstract boolean keySearchInit();
 
     @Stage("KeySearch")
     public void setSearchState(SearchState newSearchState) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/impl/stage/query/MapAbsent.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/impl/stage/query/MapAbsent.java
index 74142319f..90f5b307f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/impl/stage/query/MapAbsent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/impl/stage/query/MapAbsent.java
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.entry.SegmentStages;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.hash.CheckOnEachPublicOperation;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.query.HashQuery.EntryPresence;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.hash.impl.stage.query.KeySearch;
-import net.openhft.chronicle.map.MapAbsentEntry;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.map.impl.VanillaChronicleMapHolder;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.map.impl.stage.entry.MapEntryStages;
 import net.openhft.chronicle.set.DummyValueData;
-import net.openhft.chronicle.set.SetAbsentEntry;
 import net.openhft.sg.StageRef;
 import net.openhft.sg.Staged;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ public abstract class MapAbsent<K, V> implements Absent<K, V> {
     public void doInsert() {
         if (mh.set() == null)
             throw new IllegalStateException("Called SetAbsentEntry.doInsert() from Map context");
+        //noinspection unchecked
         doInsert((Data<V>) DummyValueData.INSTANCE);
     }
 }