diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/TestExportSnapshot.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/TestExportSnapshot.java
index 3e43224a66a..d0b32f8efe5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/TestExportSnapshot.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/TestExportSnapshot.java
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ public class TestExportSnapshot {
     Configuration conf = new Configuration(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
     conf.setBoolean(ExportSnapshot.CONF_TEST_FAILURE, true);
     conf.setBoolean(ExportSnapshot.CONF_TEST_RETRY, retry);
-
+    if (!retry) {
+      conf.setInt("mapreduce.map.maxattempts", 3);
+    }
     // Export Snapshot
     Path sourceDir = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getMaster().getMasterFileSystem().getRootDir();
     int res = ExportSnapshot.innerMain(conf, new String[] {