diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
index fbbccf2b19b..d3d81599eaf 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Tag;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression;
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ public class TestCacheOnWrite {
             }
           }
         }
+        p.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
         region.put(p);
       }
       region.flushcache();