diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpResponseAbortTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpResponseAbortTest.java
index fd9476e85be..1dca5d058f6 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpResponseAbortTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpResponseAbortTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.util.DeferredContentProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
@@ -156,28 +158,18 @@ public class HttpResponseAbortTest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
             }
         });
 
-        final CountDownLatch abortLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final DeferredContentProvider contentProvider = new DeferredContentProvider(ByteBuffer.allocate(1));
         final AtomicInteger completes = new AtomicInteger();
         final CountDownLatch completeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         client.newRequest("localhost", connector.getLocalPort())
                 .scheme(scheme)
-                .onRequestSuccess(request ->
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        abortLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-                    }
-                    catch (InterruptedException x)
-                    {
-                        x.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                })
+                .content(contentProvider)
                 .onResponseContent((response, content) ->
                 {
                     try
                     {
                         response.abort(new Exception());
-                        abortLatch.countDown();
+                        contentProvider.close();
                         // Delay to let the request side to finish its processing.
                         Thread.sleep(1000);
                     }