diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckOneRS.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckOneRS.java
index c0939f374c8..b1864d2fe57 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckOneRS.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/TestHBaseFsckOneRS.java
@@ -938,6 +938,10 @@ public class TestHBaseFsckOneRS extends BaseTestHBaseFsck {
 
         HRegionInfo hri = location.getRegionInfo();
 
+        // Disable CatalogJanitor to prevent it from cleaning up the parent region
+        // after split.
+        admin.enableCatalogJanitor(false);
+
         // do a regular split
         byte[] regionName = location.getRegionInfo().getRegionName();
         admin.splitRegion(location.getRegionInfo().getRegionName(), Bytes.toBytes("BM"));
@@ -995,6 +999,7 @@ public class TestHBaseFsckOneRS extends BaseTestHBaseFsck {
         assertNoErrors(doFsck(conf, false)); //should be fixed by now
       }
     } finally {
+      admin.enableCatalogJanitor(true);
       meta.close();
       cleanupTable(table);
     }