diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
index a9dd52dfe21..75971d67096 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
@@ -1965,10 +1965,10 @@ public class TestAccessController extends SecureTestUtil {
       }
     };
 
-    verifyAllowed(listTablesAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, TABLE_ADMIN);
+    verifyAllowed(listTablesAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, USER_OWNER, TABLE_ADMIN);
     verifyIfEmptyList(listTablesAction, USER_RW, USER_RO, USER_NONE);
 
-    verifyAllowed(getTableDescAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, TABLE_ADMIN);
+    verifyAllowed(getTableDescAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, USER_OWNER, TABLE_ADMIN);
     verifyDenied(getTableDescAction, USER_RW, USER_RO, USER_NONE);
   }
 
@@ -1989,7 +1989,8 @@ public class TestAccessController extends SecureTestUtil {
       }
     };
 
-    verifyAllowed(listTablesAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, USER_RW, USER_RO);
+    verifyAllowed(listTablesAction, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, USER_OWNER,
+        USER_RW, USER_RO);
     verifyIfEmptyList(listTablesAction, USER_NONE);
   }