diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
index b227dfaf077..f8f853e758e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMetaCache.java
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ public class TestMetaCache {
       Exception exp;
       boolean success;
       long initialMetaCacheHits = metrics.getMetaCacheHits();
+      long initialMetaCacheMisses = metrics.getMetaCacheMisses();
       for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
         exp = null;
         success = false;
@@ -257,8 +258,9 @@ public class TestMetaCache {
           // The value of the metaCacheHits counter is incremented by 6 in each round of the loop,
           // for 0th iteration there will be 5 hits + 1 cache miss.
           assertEquals(initialMetaCacheHits + 6 * i + 5, metrics.getMetaCacheHits());
-          // We will get a cache miss only on the first request, so the value will always be 1.
-          assertEquals(1, metrics.getMetaCacheMisses());
+          // We will get a cache miss only on the first request, so the value will always be
+          // initialMetaCacheMisses + 1
+          assertEquals(initialMetaCacheMisses + 1, metrics.getMetaCacheMisses());
         } catch (IOException ex) {
           // Only keep track of the last exception that updated the meta cache
           if (ClientExceptionsUtil.isMetaClearingException(ex) || success) {