diff --git a/hbase-thrift/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TestThriftServer.java b/hbase-thrift/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TestThriftServer.java
index 238d4775543..1bc35f869fc 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TestThriftServer.java
+++ b/hbase-thrift/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/TestThriftServer.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CompatibilityFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.LargeTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ParseFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.MetricsAssertHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftServerRunner.HBaseHandler;
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.Hbase;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.IOError;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.Mutation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TCell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TScan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TIncrement;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TRegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TRowResult;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TScan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class TestThriftServer {
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
     UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean(ThriftServerRunner.COALESCE_INC_KEY, true);
+    UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.table.sanity.checks", false);
     UTIL.startMiniCluster();
   }