diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
index 761a1d09696..b7f73fc00f2 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class TestHCM {
     return HConnectionTestingUtility.getConnectionCount();
   }
 
-  @Test(expected = RegionServerStoppedException.class)
+  @Ignore ("Fails in IDEs: HBASE-9042") @Test(expected = RegionServerStoppedException.class)
   public void testClusterStatus() throws Exception {
     byte[] tn = "testClusterStatus".getBytes();
     byte[] cf = "cf".getBytes();