diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationExceptionHandling.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationExceptionHandling.java
index f5a17544e9e..9ac25dd055c 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationExceptionHandling.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationExceptionHandling.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ public class TestFileSystemOperationExceptionHandling
     AzureBlobStorageTestAccount testAccount = createTestAccount();
     setupInputStreamToTest(testAccount);
     inputStream.seek(5);
+    inputStream.read();
   }
 
   /*
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationsExceptionHandlingMultiThreaded.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationsExceptionHandlingMultiThreaded.java
index 4c567951288..1cd18ee554e 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationsExceptionHandlingMultiThreaded.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azure/TestFileSystemOperationsExceptionHandlingMultiThreaded.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class TestFileSystemOperationsExceptionHandlingMultiThreaded
     renameThread.join();
 
     inputStream.seek(5);
+    inputStream.read();
   }
 
   @Test(expected=FileNotFoundException.class)