Command-R only gets internet recovery

I have a late 2010 MBP running OSX 10.7.4. Recently had a hard drive crash and while replacing it, service center apparently updated firmware as well. I have restored my data and have a working recovery partition as evidenced by (1) When I start my mac holding down the alt key the recovery partition appears along with the main hard drive and I can boot into it (2) "find my mac" works. However, when I press command-R during start up I only get internet recovery, implying that the recovery partition is not accessible. Has anybody experienced this and is there a way to fix it? I tried resetting my NVRAM but the problem persists. The reason I care is that I'm afraid that if I re-enable filevault 2 requiring the recovery partition, the system may not restart properly or at all. Any advice appreciated.