diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckReplication.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckReplication.java
index 89119824d93..3ae09f6b5fa 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckReplication.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckReplication.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class TestHBaseFsckReplication {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.write.hbck1.lock.file", false);
     UTIL.startMiniCluster(1);
   }