diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
index e0ee8fc55c0..35a36ea53e8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ public class TestHBaseFsck {
       meta.put(put);
       meta.flushCommits();
       // assign the new replica
-      HBaseFsckRepair.fixUnassigned(TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin(), newHri);
-      HBaseFsckRepair.waitUntilAssigned(TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin(), newHri);
+      HBaseFsckRepair.fixUnassigned((HBaseAdmin)TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin(), newHri);
+      HBaseFsckRepair.waitUntilAssigned((HBaseAdmin)TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin(), newHri);
       // now reset the meta row to its original value
       Delete delete = new Delete(metaKey);
       delete.deleteColumns(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY, MetaTableAccessor.getServerColumn(2));