diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
index 5e0de324229..88dd7605870 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestDistributedLogSplitting.java
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ public class TestDistributedLogSplitting {
       Path editsdir =
         HLogUtil.getRegionDirRecoveredEditsDir(HRegion.getRegionDir(tdir, hri.getEncodedName()));
       LOG.debug("checking edits dir " + editsdir);
+      if(!fs.exists(editsdir)) continue;
       FileStatus[] files = fs.listStatus(editsdir);
       if(files != null) {
         for(FileStatus file : files) {