diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestWALProcedureStoreOnHDFS.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestWALProcedureStoreOnHDFS.java
index f05b5880ee6..8be8cc39a32 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestWALProcedureStoreOnHDFS.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestWALProcedureStoreOnHDFS.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
 
-import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ public class TestWALProcedureStoreOnHDFS {
     store.recoverLease();
   }
 
-  @After
+  // No @After
   public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     store.stop(false);
     UTIL.getDFSCluster().getFileSystem().delete(store.getWALDir(), true);