diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
index 5c4ae776c60..47501d8c857 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class TestLoadIncrementalHFilesSplitRecovery {
         htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(family(i)));
       }
 
-      util.getHBaseAdmin().createTable(htd, SPLIT_KEYS);
+      util.createTable(htd, SPLIT_KEYS);
     } catch (TableExistsException tee) {
       LOG.info("Table " + table + " already exists");
     }