diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NNBench.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NNBench.java
index 666ef0ec55a..96c4710b48c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NNBench.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NNBench.java
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ public class NNBench {
           doRenameOp(fileName, reporter);
         } else if (op.equals(OP_DELETE)) {
           startTimeTPmS = System.currentTimeMillis();
+          doDeleteOp(fileName, reporter);
         } else {
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(
               "unsupported operation [" + op + "]");