diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestCopyFiles.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestCopyFiles.java
index 16ca0be973d..b28da4ce898 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestCopyFiles.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-extras/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestCopyFiles.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class TestCopyFiles extends TestCase {
   {
     ((Log4JLogger)LogFactory.getLog("org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.StateChange")
         ).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ERROR);
-    ((Log4JLogger)DataNode.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ERROR);
+    ((Log4JLogger)LogFactory.getLog(DataNode.class)).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ERROR);
     ((Log4JLogger)LogFactory.getLog(FSNamesystem.class)).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ERROR);
     ((Log4JLogger)DistCpV1.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
   }