diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
index 86c210d44ef..e0874579556 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestEncodedSeekers.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Tag;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public class TestEncodedSeekers {
       byte[] key = LoadTestKVGenerator.md5PrefixedKey(i).getBytes();
       for (int j = 0; j < NUM_COLS_PER_ROW; ++j) {
         Put put = new Put(key);
+        put.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
         byte[] col = Bytes.toBytes(String.valueOf(j));
         byte[] value = dataGenerator.generateRandomSizeValue(key, col);
         if (includeTags) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestAtomicOperation.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestAtomicOperation.java
index 6af8716e6a6..86cca009406 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestAtomicOperation.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestAtomicOperation.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.rules.TestName;
 
-
 /**
  * Testing of HRegion.incrementColumnValue, HRegion.increment,
  * and HRegion.append
@@ -238,6 +237,7 @@ public class TestAtomicOperation {
           inc.addColumn(fam1, qual1, amount);
           inc.addColumn(fam1, qual2, amount*2);
           inc.addColumn(fam2, qual3, amount*3);
+          inc.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
           region.increment(inc);
 
           // verify: Make sure we only see completed increments
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ public class TestAtomicOperation {
               a.add(fam1, qual1, val);
               a.add(fam1, qual2, val);
               a.add(fam2, qual3, val);
+              a.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
               region.append(a);
 
               Get g = new Get(row);
@@ -350,16 +351,20 @@ public class TestAtomicOperation {
               if (op) {
                 Put p = new Put(row, ts);
                 p.add(fam1, qual1, value1);
+                p.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 rm.add(p);
                 Delete d = new Delete(row);
                 d.deleteColumns(fam1, qual2, ts);
+                d.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 rm.add(d);
               } else {
                 Delete d = new Delete(row);
                 d.deleteColumns(fam1, qual1, ts);
+                d.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 rm.add(d);
                 Put p = new Put(row, ts);
                 p.add(fam1, qual2, value2);
+                p.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 rm.add(p);
               }
               region.mutateRow(rm);
@@ -439,15 +444,19 @@ public class TestAtomicOperation {
               if (op) {
                 Put p = new Put(row2, ts);
                 p.add(fam1, qual1, value1);
+                p.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 mrm.add(p);
                 Delete d = new Delete(row);
                 d.deleteColumns(fam1, qual1, ts);
+                d.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 mrm.add(d);
               } else {
                 Delete d = new Delete(row2);
                 d.deleteColumns(fam1, qual1, ts);
+                d.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 mrm.add(d);
                 Put p = new Put(row, ts);
+                p.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                 p.add(fam1, qual1, value2);
                 mrm.add(p);
               }