diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
index f7b5f3bdbb5..6188246dd31 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ public class TestContinuousScheduling extends FairSchedulerTestBase {
     Assert.assertEquals(2, nodes.size());
   }
 
-  private void triggerSchedulingAttempt() {
-    mockClock.tickMsec(
+  private void triggerSchedulingAttempt() throws InterruptedException {
+    Thread.sleep(
         2 * scheduler.getConf().getContinuousSchedulingSleepMs());
   }
 }