diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestMasterObserver.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestMasterObserver.java
index b369c768c27..bdec3ee7a86 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestMasterObserver.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestMasterObserver.java
@@ -655,13 +655,13 @@ public class TestMasterObserver {
     // Try to force a move
     Collection<ServerName> servers = master.getClusterStatus().getServers();
     String destName = null;
-    String firstRegionHostnamePortStr = firstGoodPair.getValue().toString();
-    LOG.info("firstRegionHostnamePortStr=" + firstRegionHostnamePortStr);
+    String serverNameForFirstRegion = firstGoodPair.getValue().toString();
+    LOG.info("serverNameForFirstRegion=" + serverNameForFirstRegion);
     boolean found = false;
     // Find server that is NOT carrying the first region
     for (ServerName info : servers) {
       LOG.info("ServerName=" + info);
-      if (!firstRegionHostnamePortStr.equals(info.getHostAndPort())) {
+      if (!serverNameForFirstRegion.equals(info.getServerName())) {
         destName = info.toString();
         found = true;
         break;