diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRpcMetrics.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRpcMetrics.java
index 873ade323a3..cd471e6c40c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRpcMetrics.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRpcMetrics.java
@@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ public class TestRpcMetrics {
     MetricsContext ctx = MetricsUtil.getContext("rpc");
     assertTrue("Wrong MetricContext implementation class",
         (ctx instanceof MockMetricsContext));
+
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniZKCluster();
   }
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniZKCluster();
   }
 
   @Test