diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/CacheConfig.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/CacheConfig.java
index 147568e1957..a0225524219 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/CacheConfig.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/CacheConfig.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class CacheConfig {
    * @param family column family configuration
    */
   public CacheConfig(Configuration conf, ColumnFamilyDescriptor family) {
-    this(CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf),
+    this(GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE,
         conf.getBoolean(CACHE_DATA_ON_READ_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_DATA_ON_READ)
            && family.isBlockCacheEnabled(),
         family.isInMemory(),
@@ -245,14 +245,10 @@ public class CacheConfig {
    * @param conf hbase configuration
    */
   public CacheConfig(Configuration conf) {
-    this(conf, true);
-  }
-
-  public CacheConfig(Configuration conf, boolean enableBlockCache) {
-    this(conf, enableBlockCache,
+    this(GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE,
         conf.getBoolean(CACHE_DATA_ON_READ_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_DATA_ON_READ),
         DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY, // This is a family-level setting so can't be set
-                           // strictly from conf
+        // strictly from conf
         conf.getBoolean(CACHE_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_DATA_ON_WRITE),
         conf.getBoolean(CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_INDEXES_ON_WRITE),
         conf.getBoolean(CACHE_BLOOM_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, DEFAULT_CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE),
@@ -263,28 +259,6 @@ public class CacheConfig {
     LOG.info("Created cacheConfig: " + this);
   }
 
-  private CacheConfig(Configuration conf, boolean enableBlockCache,
-      final boolean cacheDataOnRead, final boolean inMemory,
-      final boolean cacheDataOnWrite, final boolean cacheIndexesOnWrite,
-      final boolean cacheBloomsOnWrite, final boolean evictOnClose,
-      final boolean cacheDataCompressed, final boolean prefetchOnOpen,
-      final boolean dropBehindCompaction) {
-    if (enableBlockCache) {
-      this.blockCache = CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
-    } else {
-      this.blockCache = null;
-    }
-    this.cacheDataOnRead = cacheDataOnRead;
-    this.inMemory = inMemory;
-    this.cacheDataOnWrite = cacheDataOnWrite;
-    this.cacheIndexesOnWrite = cacheIndexesOnWrite;
-    this.cacheBloomsOnWrite = cacheBloomsOnWrite;
-    this.evictOnClose = evictOnClose;
-    this.cacheDataCompressed = cacheDataCompressed;
-    this.prefetchOnOpen = prefetchOnOpen;
-    this.dropBehindCompaction = dropBehindCompaction;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Create a block cache configuration with the specified cache and configuration parameters.
    * @param blockCache reference to block cache, null if completely disabled
@@ -669,12 +643,18 @@ public class CacheConfig {
    * @return The block cache or <code>null</code>.
    */
   public static synchronized BlockCache instantiateBlockCache(Configuration conf) {
-    if (GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE != null) return GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE;
-    if (blockCacheDisabled) return null;
+    if (GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE != null) {
+      return GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE;
+    }
+    if (blockCacheDisabled) {
+      return null;
+    }
     LruBlockCache onHeapCache = getOnHeapCacheInternal(conf);
     // blockCacheDisabled is set as a side-effect of getL1Internal(), so check it again after the
     // call.
-    if (blockCacheDisabled) return null;
+    if (blockCacheDisabled) {
+      return null;
+    }
     boolean useExternal = conf.getBoolean(EXTERNAL_BLOCKCACHE_KEY, EXTERNAL_BLOCKCACHE_DEFAULT);
     if (useExternal) {
       L2_CACHE_INSTANCE = getExternalBlockcache(conf);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobCacheConfig.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobCacheConfig.java
index 971bb929630..2305ebac96f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobCacheConfig.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobCacheConfig.java
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ public class MobCacheConfig extends CacheConfig {
     instantiateMobFileCache(conf);
   }
 
-  public MobCacheConfig(Configuration conf, boolean needBlockCache) {
-    super(conf, needBlockCache);
-    instantiateMobFileCache(conf);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Instantiates the MobFileCache.
    * @param conf The current configuration.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index c6e3eee9904..b9d606d74b9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -595,12 +595,17 @@ public class HRegionServer extends HasThread implements
       // init superusers and add the server principal (if using security)
       // or process owner as default super user.
       Superusers.initialize(conf);
-
       regionServerAccounting = new RegionServerAccounting(conf);
+
       boolean isMasterNotCarryTable =
           this instanceof HMaster && !LoadBalancer.isTablesOnMaster(conf);
-      cacheConfig = new CacheConfig(conf, !isMasterNotCarryTable);
-      mobCacheConfig = new MobCacheConfig(conf, !isMasterNotCarryTable);
+      // no need to instantiate global block cache when master not carry table
+      if (!isMasterNotCarryTable) {
+        CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
+      }
+      cacheConfig = new CacheConfig(conf);
+      mobCacheConfig = new MobCacheConfig(conf);
+
       uncaughtExceptionHandler = new UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
         @Override
         public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
index b757e1cdf90..11d7bb4eb5a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public class TestEncodedSeekers {
     if(includeTags) {
       testUtil.getConfiguration().setInt(HFile.FORMAT_VERSION_KEY, 3);
     }
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(testUtil.getConfiguration());
     LruBlockCache cache =
       (LruBlockCache)new CacheConfig(testUtil.getConfiguration()).getBlockCache();
     cache.clearCache();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
index b8b5e883d26..19919e0d8fd 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestBlockCacheReporting.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerationException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableSet;
@@ -84,9 +82,10 @@ public class TestBlockCacheReporting {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testBucketCache() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+  public void testBucketCache() throws IOException {
     this.conf.set(HConstants.BUCKET_CACHE_IOENGINE_KEY, "offheap");
     this.conf.setInt(HConstants.BUCKET_CACHE_SIZE_KEY, 100);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(this.conf);
     CacheConfig cc = new CacheConfig(this.conf);
     assertTrue(cc.getBlockCache() instanceof CombinedBlockCache);
     logPerBlock(cc.getBlockCache());
@@ -102,7 +101,8 @@ public class TestBlockCacheReporting {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testLruBlockCache() throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+  public void testLruBlockCache() throws IOException {
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(this.conf);
     CacheConfig cc = new CacheConfig(this.conf);
     assertTrue(cc.isBlockCacheEnabled());
     assertTrue(CacheConfig.DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY == cc.isInMemory());
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ public class TestBlockCacheReporting {
     }
   }
 
-  private void logPerFile(final BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile cbsbf)
-  throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+  private void logPerFile(final BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile cbsbf) throws IOException {
     for (Map.Entry<String, NavigableSet<CachedBlock>> e:
         cbsbf.getCachedBlockStatsByFile().entrySet()) {
       int count = 0;
@@ -154,10 +153,9 @@ public class TestBlockCacheReporting {
     }
   }
 
-  private BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile logPerBlock(final BlockCache bc)
-  throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+  private BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile logPerBlock(final BlockCache bc) throws IOException {
     BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile cbsbf = new BlockCacheUtil.CachedBlocksByFile();
-    for (CachedBlock cb: bc) {
+    for (CachedBlock cb : bc) {
       LOG.info(cb.toString());
       LOG.info(BlockCacheUtil.toJSON(bc));
       cbsbf.update(cb);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheConfig.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheConfig.java
index f84a3194398..7b6bbb34b1c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheConfig.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheConfig.java
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ public class TestCacheConfig {
   @Test
   public void testDisableCacheDataBlock() throws IOException {
     Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     CacheConfig cacheConfig = new CacheConfig(conf);
     assertTrue(cacheConfig.shouldCacheBlockOnRead(BlockCategory.DATA));
     assertFalse(cacheConfig.shouldCacheCompressed(BlockCategory.DATA));
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ public class TestCacheConfig {
 
   @Test
   public void testCacheConfigDefaultLRUBlockCache() {
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(this.conf);
     CacheConfig cc = new CacheConfig(this.conf);
     assertTrue(cc.isBlockCacheEnabled());
     assertTrue(CacheConfig.DEFAULT_IN_MEMORY == cc.isInMemory());
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ public class TestCacheConfig {
   private void doBucketCacheConfigTest() {
     final int bcSize = 100;
     this.conf.setInt(HConstants.BUCKET_CACHE_SIZE_KEY, bcSize);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(this.conf);
     CacheConfig cc = new CacheConfig(this.conf);
     basicBlockCacheOps(cc, false, false);
     assertTrue(cc.getBlockCache() instanceof CombinedBlockCache);
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ public class TestCacheConfig {
     long bcExpectedSize = 100 * 1024 * 1024; // MB.
     assertTrue(lruExpectedSize < bcExpectedSize);
     this.conf.setInt(HConstants.BUCKET_CACHE_SIZE_KEY, bcSize);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(this.conf);
     CacheConfig cc = new CacheConfig(this.conf);
     basicBlockCacheOps(cc, false, false);
     assertTrue(cc.getBlockCache() instanceof CombinedBlockCache);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
index 19d845ccf7c..9c2f6df332b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ public class TestCacheOnWrite {
     Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
     List<BlockCache> blockcaches = new ArrayList<>();
     // default
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     blockcaches.add(new CacheConfig(conf).getBlockCache());
 
     //set LruBlockCache.LRU_HARD_CAPACITY_LIMIT_FACTOR_CONFIG_NAME to 2.0f due to HBASE-16287
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ public class TestCacheOnWrite {
     conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_DATA_BLOCKS_COMPRESSED_KEY, cacheCompressedData);
     cowType.modifyConf(conf);
     fs = HFileSystem.get(conf);
-    CacheConfig.GLOBAL_BLOCK_CACHE_INSTANCE = blockCache;
     cacheConf =
         new CacheConfig(blockCache, true, true, cowType.shouldBeCached(BlockType.DATA),
         cowType.shouldBeCached(BlockType.LEAF_INDEX),
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestForceCacheImportantBlocks.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestForceCacheImportantBlocks.java
index a90b572e38e..5612c1b5d63 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestForceCacheImportantBlocks.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestForceCacheImportantBlocks.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class TestForceCacheImportantBlocks {
     // Make sure we make a new one each time.
     CacheConfig.clearGlobalInstances();
     HFile.DATABLOCK_READ_COUNT.reset();
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlockIndex.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlockIndex.java
index 890ea72d2c1..efe76aafe70 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlockIndex.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileBlockIndex.java
@@ -524,67 +524,59 @@ public class TestHFileBlockIndex {
   * @throws IOException
   */
   @Test
- public void testMidKeyOnLeafIndexBlockBoundary() throws IOException {
-   Path hfilePath = new Path(TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir(),
-       "hfile_for_midkey");
-   int maxChunkSize = 512;
-   conf.setInt(HFileBlockIndex.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE_KEY, maxChunkSize);
-   // should open hfile.block.index.cacheonwrite
-   conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, true);
+  public void testMidKeyOnLeafIndexBlockBoundary() throws IOException {
+    Path hfilePath = new Path(TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir(), "hfile_for_midkey");
+    int maxChunkSize = 512;
+    conf.setInt(HFileBlockIndex.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE_KEY, maxChunkSize);
+    // should open hfile.block.index.cacheonwrite
+    conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, true);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
+    CacheConfig cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
+    BlockCache blockCache = cacheConf.getBlockCache();
+    // Evict all blocks that were cached-on-write by the previous invocation.
+    blockCache.evictBlocksByHfileName(hfilePath.getName());
+    // Write the HFile
+    HFileContext meta =
+        new HFileContextBuilder().withBlockSize(SMALL_BLOCK_SIZE).withCompression(Algorithm.NONE)
+            .withDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.NONE).build();
+    HFile.Writer writer =
+        HFile.getWriterFactory(conf, cacheConf).withPath(fs, hfilePath).withFileContext(meta)
+            .create();
+    Random rand = new Random(19231737);
+    byte[] family = Bytes.toBytes("f");
+    byte[] qualifier = Bytes.toBytes("q");
+    int kvNumberToBeWritten = 16;
+    // the new generated hfile will contain 2 leaf-index blocks and 16 data blocks,
+    // midkey is just on the boundary of the first leaf-index block
+    for (int i = 0; i < kvNumberToBeWritten; ++i) {
+      byte[] row = RandomKeyValueUtil.randomOrderedFixedLengthKey(rand, i, 30);
 
-   CacheConfig cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
-   BlockCache blockCache = cacheConf.getBlockCache();
-   // Evict all blocks that were cached-on-write by the previous invocation.
-   blockCache.evictBlocksByHfileName(hfilePath.getName());
-   // Write the HFile
-   {
-     HFileContext meta = new HFileContextBuilder()
-                         .withBlockSize(SMALL_BLOCK_SIZE)
-                         .withCompression(Algorithm.NONE)
-                         .withDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.NONE)
-                         .build();
-     HFile.Writer writer =
-           HFile.getWriterFactory(conf, cacheConf)
-               .withPath(fs, hfilePath)
-               .withFileContext(meta)
-               .create();
-     Random rand = new Random(19231737);
-     byte[] family = Bytes.toBytes("f");
-     byte[] qualifier = Bytes.toBytes("q");
-     int kvNumberToBeWritten = 16;
-     // the new generated hfile will contain 2 leaf-index blocks and 16 data blocks,
-     // midkey is just on the boundary of the first leaf-index block
-     for (int i = 0; i < kvNumberToBeWritten; ++i) {
-       byte[] row = RandomKeyValueUtil.randomOrderedFixedLengthKey(rand, i, 30);
+      // Key will be interpreted by KeyValue.KEY_COMPARATOR
+      KeyValue kv = new KeyValue(row, family, qualifier, EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime(),
+          RandomKeyValueUtil.randomFixedLengthValue(rand, SMALL_BLOCK_SIZE));
+      writer.append(kv);
+    }
+    writer.close();
 
-       // Key will be interpreted by KeyValue.KEY_COMPARATOR
-       KeyValue kv =
-             new KeyValue(row, family, qualifier, EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime(),
-                 RandomKeyValueUtil.randomFixedLengthValue(rand, SMALL_BLOCK_SIZE));
-       writer.append(kv);
-     }
-     writer.close();
-   }
+    // close hfile.block.index.cacheonwrite
+    conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, false);
 
-   // close hfile.block.index.cacheonwrite
-   conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, false);
+    // Read the HFile
+    HFile.Reader reader = HFile.createReader(fs, hfilePath, cacheConf, true, conf);
 
-   // Read the HFile
-   HFile.Reader reader = HFile.createReader(fs, hfilePath, cacheConf, true, conf);
+    boolean hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException = false;
+    try {
+      // get the mid-key.
+      reader.midKey();
+    } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+      hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException = true;
+    } finally {
+      reader.close();
+    }
 
-   boolean hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException = false;
-   try {
-     // get the mid-key.
-     reader.midKey();
-   } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
-     hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException = true;
-   } finally {
-     reader.close();
-   }
-
-   // to check if ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException occurred
-   assertFalse(hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException);
- }
+    // to check if ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException occurred
+    assertFalse(hasArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Testing block index through the HFile writer/reader APIs. Allows to test
@@ -597,6 +589,7 @@ public class TestHFileBlockIndex {
   public void testHFileWriterAndReader() throws IOException {
     Path hfilePath = new Path(TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir(),
         "hfile_for_block_index");
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     CacheConfig cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
     BlockCache blockCache = cacheConf.getBlockCache();
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
index 91a9238a504..811df144f5e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class TestPrefetch {
     conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.PREFETCH_BLOCKS_ON_OPEN_KEY, true);
     fs = HFileSystem.get(conf);
     CacheConfig.blockCacheDisabled = false;
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerFromBucketCache.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerFromBucketCache.java
index 06d617aad4e..18e8e701ff2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerFromBucketCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerFromBucketCache.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class TestScannerFromBucketCache {
       conf.setFloat("hbase.regionserver.global.memstore.size", 0.1f);
     }
     tableName = TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName());
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
   }
 
   @After
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingKeyRange.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingKeyRange.java
index c576329c11a..d27b0412658 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingKeyRange.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingKeyRange.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public class TestScannerSelectionUsingKeyRange {
 
     Scan scan = new Scan(Bytes.toBytes("aaa"), Bytes.toBytes("aaz"));
     CacheConfig.blockCacheDisabled = false;
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     CacheConfig cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
     LruBlockCache cache = (LruBlockCache) cacheConf.getBlockCache();
     cache.clearCache();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingTTL.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingTTL.java
index 08a7be2cf2b..444102dc56c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingTTL.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestScannerSelectionUsingTTL.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class TestScannerSelectionUsingTTL {
   @Test
   public void testScannerSelection() throws IOException {
     Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     conf.setBoolean("hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile", false);
     HColumnDescriptor hcd =
       new HColumnDescriptor(FAMILY_BYTES)
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksRead.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksRead.java
index 73b596ad579..2cf3f8cf073 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksRead.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksRead.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class TestBlocksRead  {
   public static void setUp() throws Exception {
     // disable compactions in this test.
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.hstore.compactionThreshold", 10000);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
   }
 
   @AfterClass
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksScanned.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksScanned.java
index 7db34ac2cbb..0ba4e978478 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksScanned.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBlocksScanned.java
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ public class TestBlocksScanned extends HBaseTestCase {
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();
-
     TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCacheOnWriteInSchema.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCacheOnWriteInSchema.java
index 5c73a6fa0c7..dc51dae9a12 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCacheOnWriteInSchema.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCacheOnWriteInSchema.java
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public class TestCacheOnWriteInSchema {
     conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, false);
     conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_INDEX_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, false);
     conf.setBoolean(CacheConfig.CACHE_BLOOM_BLOCKS_ON_WRITE_KEY, false);
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
 
     fs = HFileSystem.get(conf);
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompoundBloomFilter.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompoundBloomFilter.java
index 424a78807ea..4c2d64535fc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompoundBloomFilter.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestCompoundBloomFilter.java
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ public class TestCompoundBloomFilter {
 
     fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
 
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf);
     blockCache = cacheConf.getBlockCache();
     assertNotNull(blockCache);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHStoreFile.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHStoreFile.java
index 4b8f5f200fb..30ee3b2178d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHStoreFile.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHStoreFile.java
@@ -924,7 +924,6 @@ public class TestHStoreFile extends HBaseTestCase {
     scan.setTimeRange(27, 50);
     scan.setColumnFamilyTimeRange(family, 7, 50);
     assertTrue(scanner.shouldUseScanner(scan, store, Long.MIN_VALUE));
-
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -935,6 +934,7 @@ public class TestHStoreFile extends HBaseTestCase {
     Path baseDir = new Path(new Path(testDir, "7e0102"),"twoCOWEOC");
 
     // Grab the block cache and get the initial hit/miss counts
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(conf);
     BlockCache bc = new CacheConfig(conf).getBlockCache();
     assertNotNull(bc);
     CacheStats cs = bc.getStats();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRecoveredEdits.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRecoveredEdits.java
index 34f6ca1ad7f..543126e5b55 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRecoveredEdits.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestRecoveredEdits.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.FSUtils;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public class TestRecoveredEdits {
   @Test
   public void testReplayWorksThoughLotsOfFlushing() throws
       IOException {
+    CacheConfig.instantiateBlockCache(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
     for(MemoryCompactionPolicy policy : MemoryCompactionPolicy.values()) {
       testReplayWorksWithMemoryCompactionPolicy(policy);
     }