diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestHLogSplit.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestHLogSplit.java
index 110ee827a2f..788ead85a33 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestHLogSplit.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/wal/TestHLogSplit.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class TestHLogSplit {
     // Create fake maping user to group and set it to the conf.
     Map<String, String []> u2g_map = new HashMap<String, String []>(2);
     ROBBER = User.getCurrent().getName() + "-robber";
-    ZOMBIE = User.getCurrent().getName() + "-robber";
+    ZOMBIE = User.getCurrent().getName() + "-zombie";
     u2g_map.put(ROBBER, GROUP);
     u2g_map.put(ZOMBIE, GROUP);
     DFSTestUtil.updateConfWithFakeGroupMapping(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), u2g_map);