diff --git a/hbase-procedure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/ProcedureTestingUtility.java b/hbase-procedure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/ProcedureTestingUtility.java
index 6e7306c0e44..7b9fc69ed1a 100644
--- a/hbase-procedure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/ProcedureTestingUtility.java
+++ b/hbase-procedure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure2/ProcedureTestingUtility.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public class ProcedureTestingUtility {
     int execThreads = procExecutor.getNumThreads();
     // stop
     procExecutor.stop();
-    procStore.stop(false);
     procExecutor.join();
+    procStore.stop(false);
     // nothing running...
     if (beforeStartAction != null) {
       beforeStartAction.run();