diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
index e9e81e673ab..957c5839a0b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestMasterProcedureScheduler.java
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ public class TestMasterProcedureScheduler {
 
     // The queue for this table should be added back to run queue as the parent has the xlock, so we
     // can poll it out.
-    queue.addBack(proc);
+    queue.addFront(proc);
     assertSame(proc, queue.poll());
     // the parent has xlock on the table, and it is OK for us to acquire shared lock on the table,
     // this is what this test wants to confirm