diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
index 05118f85335..481d1d3d018 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
@@ -2478,10 +2478,9 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Exposed for TESTING!
    * @return the underlying snapshot manager
    */
-  public SnapshotManager getSnapshotManagerForTesting() {
+  public SnapshotManager getSnapshotManager() {
     return this.snapshotManager;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterServices.java
index cd6b375f636..a1bcd7da4a5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterServices.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotDisabledException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureEnv;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.snapshot.SnapshotManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.procedure2.ProcedureExecutor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.quotas.MasterQuotaManager;
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ import com.google.protobuf.Service;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public interface MasterServices extends Server {
+  /**
+   * @return the underlying snapshot manager
+   */
+  SnapshotManager getSnapshotManager();
+
   /**
    * @return Master's instance of the {@link AssignmentManager}
    */
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestCatalogJanitor.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestCatalogJanitor.java
index 6dc0eb97326..2d1c0e8004e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestCatalogJanitor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestCatalogJanitor.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.Reference;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.CatalogJanitor.SplitParentFirstComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureEnv;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.snapshot.SnapshotManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.procedure2.ProcedureExecutor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.ProtobufUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.AdminProtos;
@@ -235,6 +236,11 @@ public class TestCatalogJanitor {
       return -1;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public SnapshotManager getSnapshotManager() {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public AssignmentManager getAssignmentManager() {
       return this.asm;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/TestSnapshotFromMaster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/TestSnapshotFromMaster.java
index 42be207efd3..0bffa92733e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/TestSnapshotFromMaster.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/cleaner/TestSnapshotFromMaster.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class TestSnapshotFromMaster {
   @Before
   public void setup() throws Exception {
     UTIL.createTable(TABLE_NAME, TEST_FAM);
-    master.getSnapshotManagerForTesting().setSnapshotHandlerForTesting(TABLE_NAME, null);
+    master.getSnapshotManager().setSnapshotHandlerForTesting(TABLE_NAME, null);
   }
 
   @After
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class TestSnapshotFromMaster {
     Mockito.when(mockHandler.getCompletionTimestamp())
       .thenReturn(EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime());
 
-    master.getSnapshotManagerForTesting()
+    master.getSnapshotManager()
         .setSnapshotHandlerForTesting(TABLE_NAME, mockHandler);
 
     // if we do a lookup without a snapshot name, we should fail - you should always know your name