diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/IntegrationTestBigLinkedList.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/IntegrationTestBigLinkedList.java
index 135bea75f50..41aa1288b5d 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/IntegrationTestBigLinkedList.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/IntegrationTestBigLinkedList.java
@@ -676,6 +676,17 @@ public class IntegrationTestBigLinkedList extends IntegrationTestBase {
         Integer width = (args.length < 4) ? null : Integer.parseInt(args[3]);
         Integer wrapMultiplier = (args.length < 5) ? null : Integer.parseInt(args[4]);
         Integer numWalkers = (args.length < 6) ? null : Integer.parseInt(args[5]);
+
+        long wrap = (long)width*wrapMultiplier;
+        if (wrap < numNodes && numNodes % wrap != 0) {
+          /**
+           *  numNodes should be a multiple of width*wrapMultiplier.
+           *  If numNodes less than wrap, wrap will be set to be equal with numNodes,
+           *  See {@link GeneratorMapper#setup(Mapper.Context)}
+           * */
+          System.err.println(USAGE);
+          return 1;
+        }
         return run(numMappers, numNodes, tmpOutput, width, wrapMultiplier, numWalkers);
       } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
         System.err.println("Parsing generator arguments failed: " + e.getMessage());