diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/chaos/util/ChaosMonkeyRunner.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/chaos/util/ChaosMonkeyRunner.java
index 80f99e5f3a6..f14232188ea 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/chaos/util/ChaosMonkeyRunner.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/chaos/util/ChaosMonkeyRunner.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public class ChaosMonkeyRunner extends AbstractHBaseTool {
   public static final String TABLE_NAME_OPT = "tableName";
   public static final String FAMILY_NAME_OPT = "familyName";
 
-  private static ChaosMonkeyRunner runner;
-
   protected IntegrationTestingUtility util;
   protected ChaosMonkey monkey;
   protected String monkeyToUse;
@@ -101,8 +99,8 @@ public class ChaosMonkeyRunner extends AbstractHBaseTool {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  public static void stopRunner() {
-    runner.stop = true;
+  public void stopRunner() {
+    stop = true;
   }
 
   public void setUpCluster() throws Exception {
@@ -178,8 +176,7 @@ public class ChaosMonkeyRunner extends AbstractHBaseTool {
       System.arraycopy(args, 2, actualArgs, 0, argCount);
     }
     IntegrationTestingUtility.setUseDistributedCluster(conf);
-    runner = new ChaosMonkeyRunner();
-    int ret = ToolRunner.run(conf, runner, actualArgs);
+    int ret = ToolRunner.run(conf, new ChaosMonkeyRunner(), actualArgs);
     System.exit(ret);
   }