diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
index 848b6264155..8336543dee8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class HFilePerformanceEvaluation {
   }
 
   static Cell createCell(final byte [] keyRow) {
-    return createCell(keyRow);
+    return CellUtil.createCell(keyRow);
   }
 
   static Cell createCell(final byte [] keyRow, final byte [] value) {