diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
index 0c34f35acf5..68c62a43e22 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsck.java
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ public class TestHBaseFsck {
         Writables.getBytes(hri));
       p.add(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY, HConstants.SPLITA_QUALIFIER,
         Writables.getBytes(a));
-      p.add(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY, HConstants.SPLITA_QUALIFIER,
+      p.add(HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY, HConstants.SPLITB_QUALIFIER,
         Writables.getBytes(b));
       meta.put(p);
       meta.flushCommits();