diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
index 4940d451d18..ada61b91a97 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestSafeMode.java
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ public class TestSafeMode {
    * Tests some utility methods that surround the SafeMode's state.
    * @throws IOException when there's an issue connecting to the test DFS.
    */
+  @Test
   public void testSafeModeUtils() throws IOException {
     dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();