diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithAbort.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithAbort.java
index d5854d73ac4..4fbbdf7a477 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithAbort.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithAbort.java
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public class TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithAbort {
       put.add(TEST_FAMILY, ROW, ROW);
       table.put(put);
       table.flushCommits();
+      // We may need two puts to reliably get an exception
+      table.put(put);
+      table.flushCommits();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       threwIOE = true;
     } finally {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithRemove.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithRemove.java
index eb327e3f820..017902e0caf 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithRemove.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/coprocessor/TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithRemove.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ public class TestRegionServerCoprocessorExceptionWithRemove {
       put.add(TEST_FAMILY, ROW, ROW);
       table.put(put);
       table.flushCommits();
+      // We may need two puts to reliably get an exception
+      table.put(put);
+      table.flushCommits();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       threwIOE = true;
     } finally {