diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionWithInMemoryFlush.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionWithInMemoryFlush.java
index ca7629b9366..8c2d6e3e883 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionWithInMemoryFlush.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionWithInMemoryFlush.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class TestHRegionWithInMemoryFlush extends TestHRegion {
     for(int i = 0; i < inMemory.length; i++) {
       inMemory[i] = true;
     }
+    ChunkCreator.initialize(MemStoreLABImpl.CHUNK_SIZE_DEFAULT, false, 0, 0, 0, null);
     return TEST_UTIL.createLocalHRegionWithInMemoryFlags(tableName, startKey, stopKey,
         isReadOnly, durability, wal, inMemory, families);
   }