diff --git a/driver.go b/driver.go
index e4411021cd..54b820fa04 100644
--- a/driver.go
+++ b/driver.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func parseDriverDSN(dsn string) (storePath, dbName string, err error) {
 // Examples:
 //    goleveldb://relative/path/test
 //    boltdb:///absolute/path/test
-//    hbase://zk1,zk2,zk3/hbasetbl/test?tso=127.0.0.1:1234
+//    hbase://zk1,zk2,zk3/hbasetbl/test?tso=zk
 //
 // Open may return a cached connection (one previously closed), but doing so is
 // unnecessary; the sql package maintains a pool of idle connections for
diff --git a/store/hbase/hbase_test.go b/store/hbase/hbase_test.go
index aafb535b15..e071c4c595 100644
--- a/store/hbase/hbase_test.go
+++ b/store/hbase/hbase_test.go
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ type testHBaseSuite struct {
 
 func (t *testHBaseSuite) TestParsePath(c *C) {
 	tbl := []struct {
-		dsn    string
-		ok     bool
-		zks    []string
-		oracle string
-		table  string
+		dsn   string
+		ok    bool
+		zks   string
+		tso   string
+		table string
 	}{
-		{"hbase://z,k,zk/tbl", true, []string{"z", "k", "zk"}, "", "tbl"},
-		{"hbase://z:80,k:80/tbl?tso=127.0.0.1:1234", true, []string{"z:80", "k:80"}, "127.0.0.1:1234", "tbl"},
-		{"goleveldb://zk/tbl", false, nil, "", ""},
-		{"hbase://zk/path/tbl", false, nil, "", ""},
-		{"hbase:///zk/tbl", false, nil, "", ""},
+		{"hbase://z,k,zk/tbl", true, "z,k,zk", tsoTypeLocal, "tbl"},
+		{"hbase://z:80,k:80/tbl?tso=zk", true, "z:80,k:80", tsoTypeZK, "tbl"},
+		{"goleveldb://zk/tbl", false, "", "", ""},
+		{"hbase://zk/path/tbl", false, "", "", ""},
+		{"hbase:///zk/tbl", false, "", "", ""},
 	}
 
 	for _, t := range tbl {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (t *testHBaseSuite) TestParsePath(c *C) {
 		if t.ok {
 			c.Assert(err, IsNil, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
 			c.Assert(zks, DeepEquals, t.zks, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
-			c.Assert(oracle, Equals, t.oracle, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
+			c.Assert(oracle, Equals, t.tso, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
 			c.Assert(table, Equals, t.table, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
 		} else {
 			c.Assert(err, NotNil, Commentf("dsn=%v", t.dsn))
diff --git a/store/hbase/kv.go b/store/hbase/kv.go
index 65153aa0db..6ceaff3050 100644
--- a/store/hbase/kv.go
+++ b/store/hbase/kv.go
@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type hbaseStore struct {
-	mu         sync.Mutex
-	uuid       string
-	storeName  string
-	oracleAddr string
-	oracle     oracle.Oracle
-	conns      []hbase.HBaseClient
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	uuid      string
+	storeName string
+	oracle    oracle.Oracle
+	conns     []hbase.HBaseClient
 }
 
 func (s *hbaseStore) getHBaseClient() hbase.HBaseClient {
@@ -139,26 +138,34 @@ func (s *hbaseStore) CurrentVersion() (kv.Version, error) {
 type Driver struct {
 }
 
+const (
+	tsoTypeLocal = "local"
+	tsoTypeZK    = "zk"
+
+	tsoZKPath = "/zk/tso"
+)
+
 // Open opens or creates an HBase storage with given path.
 //
-// The format of path should be 'hbase://zk1,zk2,zk3/table[?tso=host:port]'.
+// The format of path should be 'hbase://zk1,zk2,zk3/table[?tso=local|zk]'.
 // If tso is not provided, it will use a local oracle instead. (for test only)
 func (d Driver) Open(path string) (kv.Storage, error) {
 	mc.mu.Lock()
 	defer mc.mu.Unlock()
 
-	zks, oracleAddr, tableName, err := parsePath(path)
+	zks, tso, tableName, err := parsePath(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+	if tso != tsoTypeLocal && tso != tsoTypeZK {
+		return nil, errors.Trace(ErrInvalidDSN)
+	}
 
 	uuid := fmt.Sprintf("hbase-%v-%v", zks, tableName)
+	if tso == tsoTypeLocal {
+		log.Warnf("hbase: store(%s) is using local oracle(for test only)", uuid)
+	}
 	if store, ok := mc.cache[uuid]; ok {
-		if oracleAddr != store.oracleAddr {
-			err = errors.Errorf("hbase: store(%s) is opened with a different tso, old: %v, new: %v", uuid, store.oracleAddr, oracleAddr)
-			log.Warn(errors.ErrorStack(err))
-			return nil, err
-		}
 		return store, nil
 	}
 
@@ -167,7 +174,7 @@ func (d Driver) Open(path string) (kv.Storage, error) {
 	conns := make([]hbase.HBaseClient, 0, hbaseConnPoolSize)
 	for i := 0; i < hbaseConnPoolSize; i++ {
 		var c hbase.HBaseClient
-		c, err = hbase.NewClient(zks, "/hbase")
+		c, err = hbase.NewClient(strings.Split(zks, ","), "/hbase")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
@@ -193,37 +200,39 @@ func (d Driver) Open(path string) (kv.Storage, error) {
 	}
 
 	var ora oracle.Oracle
-	if len(oracleAddr) == 0 {
-		log.Warnf("hbase: store(%s) is using local oracle(for test only)", uuid)
+	switch tso {
+	case tsoTypeLocal:
 		ora = oracles.NewLocalOracle()
-	} else {
-		ora = oracles.NewRemoteOracle(oracleAddr)
+	case tsoTypeZK:
+		ora = oracles.NewRemoteOracle(zks, tsoZKPath)
 	}
 
 	s := &hbaseStore{
-		uuid:       uuid,
-		storeName:  tableName,
-		oracleAddr: oracleAddr,
-		oracle:     ora,
-		conns:      conns,
+		uuid:      uuid,
+		storeName: tableName,
+		oracle:    ora,
+		conns:     conns,
 	}
 	mc.cache[uuid] = s
 	return s, nil
 }
 
-func parsePath(path string) (zks []string, oracleAddr, tableName string, err error) {
+func parsePath(path string) (zks, tso, tableName string, err error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", "", errors.Trace(err)
+		return "", "", "", errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	if strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) != "hbase" {
-		return nil, "", "", errors.Trace(ErrInvalidDSN)
+		return "", "", "", errors.Trace(ErrInvalidDSN)
 	}
 	p, tableName := filepath.Split(u.Path)
 	if p != "/" {
-		return nil, "", "", errors.Trace(ErrInvalidDSN)
+		return "", "", "", errors.Trace(ErrInvalidDSN)
 	}
-	zks = strings.Split(u.Host, ",")
-	oracleAddr = u.Query().Get("tso")
-	return zks, oracleAddr, tableName, nil
+	zks = u.Host
+	tso = u.Query().Get("tso")
+	if tso == "" {
+		tso = tsoTypeLocal
+	}
+	return zks, tso, tableName, nil
 }