diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
index 1d90c20255a..5feffa4a04a 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/hbase/admin_test.rb
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ module Hbase
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     define_test "compaction_state should work" do
-      command(:compaction_state, 'hbase:meta')
+      admin.compaction_state('hbase:meta')
     end
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------