diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationFieldsBase.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationFieldsBase.java
index 9007c20ccab..4d143fd9582 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationFieldsBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationFieldsBase.java
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ public abstract class TestConfigurationFieldsBase {
           // Check only for numerical values.
           if (StringUtils.isNumeric(ent.getValue())) {
             String crtValue =
-                filteredValues.putIfAbsent(ent.getValue(), ent.getKey());
+                filteredValues.put(ent.getValue(), ent.getKey());
             assertTrue("Parameters " + ent.getKey() + " and " + crtValue +
                 " are using the same default value!", crtValue == null);
           }