diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
index 1e39096488a..a969dca750e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtility.java
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ public class HBaseTestingUtility extends HBaseZKTestingUtility {
     }
   }
 
-  private String createDirAndSetProperty(String relPath, String property) {
+  private String createDirAndSetProperty(final String property) {
     return createDirAndSetProperty(property, property);
   }