diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestScanEarlyTermination.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestScanEarlyTermination.java
index 0e618bd7fda..5b0160a3850 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestScanEarlyTermination.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestScanEarlyTermination.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Coprocessor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public class TestScanEarlyTermination extends SecureTestUtil {
   public static void setupBeforeClass() throws Exception {
     // setup configuration
     conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
+    conf.setInt(HConstants.REGION_SERVER_HIGH_PRIORITY_HANDLER_COUNT, 10);
     // Enable security
     enableSecurity(conf);
     // Verify enableSecurity sets up what we require