diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestFSErrorsExposed.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestFSErrorsExposed.java
index bd66bde3da5..bbf06fdf959 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestFSErrorsExposed.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestFSErrorsExposed.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public class TestFSErrorsExposed {
     try {
       // Make it fail faster.
       util.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER, 1);
+      util.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_SCANNER_TIMEOUT_PERIOD, 90000);
       util.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.lease.recovery.timeout", 10000);
       util.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.lease.recovery.dfs.timeout", 1000);
       util.startMiniCluster(1);