diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
index e490b9bc11a..3952a6e3f16 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public class TestDistributedLogSplitting {
    * detects that the region server has aborted.
    * @throws Exception
    */
+  @Ignore
   @Test (timeout=300000)
   public void testWorkerAbort() throws Exception {
     LOG.info("testWorkerAbort");