diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestSplitWALManager.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestSplitWALManager.java
index 40adbeaf9fe2..e1f318869bab 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestSplitWALManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestSplitWALManager.java
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ public void testSplitLogs() throws Exception {
   @Test
   public void testSplitLogsWithDifferentWalAndRootFS() throws Exception{
     HBaseTestingUtility testUtil2 = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+    testUtil2.getConfiguration().setBoolean(HBASE_SPLIT_WAL_COORDINATED_BY_ZK, false);
     testUtil2.getConfiguration().setInt(HBASE_SPLIT_WAL_MAX_SPLITTER, 1);
     Path dir = TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDirOnTestFS("testWalDir");
     testUtil2.getConfiguration().set(CommonFSUtils.HBASE_WAL_DIR, dir.toString());