diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/datatransfer/sasl/TestSaslDataTransfer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/datatransfer/sasl/TestSaslDataTransfer.java
index e4a0ab2a2ec..7547013691d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/datatransfer/sasl/TestSaslDataTransfer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/datatransfer/sasl/TestSaslDataTransfer.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public void testNoSaslAndSecurePortsIgnored() throws Exception {
   private void doTest(HdfsConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
     fs = FileSystem.get(cluster.getURI(), conf);
     FileSystemTestHelper.createFile(fs, PATH, NUM_BLOCKS, BLOCK_SIZE);
-    assertArrayEquals(FileSystemTestHelper.getFileData(NUM_BLOCKS, BLOCK_SIZE),
+    assertEquals(FileSystemTestHelper.getFileData(NUM_BLOCKS, BLOCK_SIZE),
       DFSTestUtil.readFile(fs, PATH).getBytes("UTF-8"));
     BlockLocation[] blockLocations = fs.getFileBlockLocations(PATH, 0,
       Long.MAX_VALUE);