diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
index 3c67b20060d..b1a80d08ee7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
@@ -1870,6 +1870,7 @@ public class TestBalancer {
       });
     } finally {
       // Reset UGI so that other tests are not affected.
+      UserGroupInformation.reset();
       UserGroupInformation.setConfiguration(new Configuration());
     }
   }