diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/TestAggregatedLogFormat.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/TestAggregatedLogFormat.java
index 45dd8abca1f..8cbec1065bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/TestAggregatedLogFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/logaggregation/TestAggregatedLogFormat.java
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ public class TestAggregatedLogFormat {
     final int ch = filler;
 
     UserGroupInformation ugi = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser();
-    LogWriter logWriter = new LogWriter(conf, remoteAppLogFile, ugi);
+    LogWriter logWriter = new LogWriter(new Configuration(), remoteAppLogFile,
+        ugi);
 
     LogKey logKey = new LogKey(testContainerId);
     LogValue logValue =