diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
index 88dd7605870..d86b98f35eb 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ public class TestDistributedLogSplitting {
   @Test (timeout=300000)
   public void testWorkerAbort() throws Exception {
     LOG.info("testWorkerAbort");
-    startCluster(1);
+    startCluster(2);
     final int NUM_LOG_LINES = 10000;
     final SplitLogManager slm = master.getMasterFileSystem().splitLogManager;
     FileSystem fs = master.getMasterFileSystem().getFileSystem();