diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
index 3f6b2689f9e..c82c0455eee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSShell.java
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ public class TestDFSShell {
       argv = new String[3];
       argv[0] = "-mv";
       argv[1] = srcFs.getUri() + "/testfile";
-      argv[2] = "hdfs://localhost/testfile2";
+      argv[2] = "hdfs://" + srcFs.getUri().getHost() + "/testfile2";
       int ret = ToolRunner.run(shell, argv);
       assertEquals("mv should have succeeded", 0, ret);
     } finally {