diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterChoreScheduled.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterChoreScheduled.java
index 63d022955a3..bbf9a0b8298 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterChoreScheduled.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterChoreScheduled.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ScheduledChore;
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.cleaner.ReplicationBarrierCleaner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.normalizer.RegionNormalizerChore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MasterTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
-import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -56,17 +53,9 @@ public class TestMasterChoreScheduled {
 
   private static final HBaseTestingUtility UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
 
-  public static final class MockHMaster extends HMaster {
-
-    public MockHMaster(Configuration conf) throws IOException, KeeperException {
-      super(conf);
-    }
-  }
-
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-    UTIL.startMiniCluster(StartMiniClusterOption.builder().numRegionServers(1)
-      .masterClass(TestCloseAnOpeningRegion.MockHMaster.class).build());
+    UTIL.startMiniCluster(StartMiniClusterOption.builder().numRegionServers(1).build());
     hMaster = UTIL.getMiniHBaseCluster().getMaster();
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSChoresScheduled.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSChoresScheduled.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8759f08ed3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRSChoresScheduled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ScheduledChore;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.StartMiniClusterOption;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.RegionServerTests;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+/**
+ * Tests to validate if HRegionServer default chores are scheduled
+ */
+@Category({RegionServerTests.class, MediumTests.class})
+public class TestRSChoresScheduled {
+
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
+    HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestRSChoresScheduled.class);
+
+  private static HRegionServer hRegionServer;
+
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    UTIL.startMiniCluster(StartMiniClusterOption.builder().numRegionServers(1).build());
+    hRegionServer = UTIL.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegionServer(0);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  private static class TestChoreField<E extends ScheduledChore> {
+
+    private E getChoreObj(String fieldName) throws NoSuchFieldException,
+      IllegalAccessException {
+      Field hRegionServerField = HRegionServer.class.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
+      hRegionServerField.setAccessible(true);
+      E choreFieldVal = (E) hRegionServerField.get(hRegionServer);
+      return choreFieldVal;
+    }
+
+    private void testIfChoreScheduled(E choreObj) {
+      Assert.assertNotNull(choreObj);
+      Assert.assertTrue(hRegionServer.getChoreService().isChoreScheduled(choreObj));
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDefaultScheduledChores() throws Exception {
+    // test if movedRegionsCleaner chore is scheduled by default in HRegionServer init
+    TestChoreField<HRegionServer.MovedRegionsCleaner> movedRegionsCleanerTestChoreField =
+      new TestChoreField<>();
+    HRegionServer.MovedRegionsCleaner movedRegionsCleaner = movedRegionsCleanerTestChoreField
+      .getChoreObj("movedRegionsCleaner");
+    movedRegionsCleanerTestChoreField.testIfChoreScheduled(movedRegionsCleaner);
+
+    // test if compactedHFilesDischarger chore is scheduled by default in HRegionServer init
+    TestChoreField<CompactedHFilesDischarger> compactedHFilesDischargerTestChoreField =
+      new TestChoreField<>();
+    CompactedHFilesDischarger compactedHFilesDischarger =
+      compactedHFilesDischargerTestChoreField.getChoreObj("compactedFileDischarger");
+    compactedHFilesDischargerTestChoreField.testIfChoreScheduled(compactedHFilesDischarger);
+
+    // test if compactionChecker chore is scheduled by default in HRegionServer init
+    TestChoreField<ScheduledChore> compactionCheckerTestChoreField = new TestChoreField<>();
+    ScheduledChore compactionChecker =
+      compactionCheckerTestChoreField.getChoreObj("compactionChecker");
+    compactionCheckerTestChoreField.testIfChoreScheduled(compactionChecker);
+
+    // test if periodicFlusher chore is scheduled by default in HRegionServer init
+    TestChoreField<ScheduledChore> periodicMemstoreFlusherTestChoreField =
+      new TestChoreField<>();
+    ScheduledChore periodicFlusher =
+      periodicMemstoreFlusherTestChoreField.getChoreObj("periodicFlusher");
+    periodicMemstoreFlusherTestChoreField.testIfChoreScheduled(periodicFlusher);
+
+    // test if nonceManager chore is scheduled by default in HRegionServer init
+    TestChoreField<ScheduledChore> nonceManagerTestChoreField = new TestChoreField<>();
+    ScheduledChore nonceManagerChore =
+      nonceManagerTestChoreField.getChoreObj("nonceManagerChore");
+    nonceManagerTestChoreField.testIfChoreScheduled(nonceManagerChore);
+
+  }
+
+}