diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestSnapshotCloneIndependence.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestSnapshotCloneIndependence.java
index ff315f0050c..a8ba468f52b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestSnapshotCloneIndependence.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestSnapshotCloneIndependence.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
 /**
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ public class TestSnapshotCloneIndependence {
    * Verify that adding data to the cloned table will not affect the original, and vice-versa when
    * it is taken as an online snapshot.
    */
-  @Test (timeout=300000)
+  @Ignore ("Flakey. Fix") @Test (timeout=300000)
   public void testOnlineSnapshotAppendIndependent() throws Exception {
     runTestSnapshotAppendIndependent(true);
   }