diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/TestFrameworkUploader.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/TestFrameworkUploader.java
index 40ef8f6c384..ed4d9ce68c3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/TestFrameworkUploader.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/TestFrameworkUploader.java
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ public class TestFrameworkUploader {
       }
       Assert.assertFalse(uploader.checkSymlink(symlinkOutside));
     } finally {
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(parent);
+      FileUtils.forceDelete(parent);
     }
 
   }