diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestHFileArchiving.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestHFileArchiving.java
index 6d5933a7766..e30d719709d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestHFileArchiving.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestHFileArchiving.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class TestHFileArchiving {
   public void testArchiveOnTableFamilyDelete() throws Exception {
     TableName TABLE_NAME =
         TableName.valueOf("testArchiveOnTableFamilyDelete");
-    UTIL.createTable(TABLE_NAME, TEST_FAM);
+    UTIL.createTable(TABLE_NAME, new byte[][] {TEST_FAM, Bytes.toBytes("fam2")});
 
     List<HRegion> servingRegions = UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(TABLE_NAME);
     // make sure we only have 1 region serving this table