diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
index 237cacc7c97..241f3af1b8e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.LinkedListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
@@ -342,6 +343,8 @@ private void doTestAllNodesHoldingReplicasDecommissioned(int testIndex) throws E
   @Test
   public void testOneOfTwoRacksDecommissioned() throws Exception {
     addNodes(nodes);
+    NameNode.initMetrics(new Configuration(),
+        HdfsServerConstants.NamenodeRole.NAMENODE);
     for (int i = 0; i < NUM_TEST_ITERS; i++) {
       doTestOneOfTwoRacksDecommissioned(i);
     }