diff --git a/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/KerberizedTestHelper.scala b/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/KerberizedTestHelper.scala
index d5ba4a05c20..31ed23112cf 100644
--- a/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/KerberizedTestHelper.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/KerberizedTestHelper.scala
@@ -50,26 +50,33 @@ trait KerberizedTestHelper extends KyuubiFunSuite {
   private var kdc: MiniKdc = _
   private var krb5ConfPath: String = _
 
-  eventually(timeout(60.seconds), interval(1.second)) {
-    try {
-      kdc = new MiniKdc(kdcConf, baseDir)
-      kdc.start()
-      krb5ConfPath = kdc.getKrb5conf.getAbsolutePath
-    } catch {
-      case NonFatal(e) =>
-        if (kdc != null) {
-          kdc.stop()
-          kdc = null
-        }
-        throw e
-    }
-  }
-
   private val keytabFile = new File(baseDir, "kyuubi-test.keytab")
   protected val testKeytab: String = keytabFile.getAbsolutePath
-  protected var testPrincipal = s"client/$hostName"
-  kdc.createPrincipal(keytabFile, testPrincipal)
-
+  protected var testPrincipal: String = _
+
+  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    eventually(timeout(60.seconds), interval(1.second)) {
+      try {
+        kdc = new MiniKdc(kdcConf, baseDir)
+        kdc.start()
+        krb5ConfPath = kdc.getKrb5conf.getAbsolutePath
+      } catch {
+        case NonFatal(e) =>
+          if (kdc != null) {
+            kdc.stop()
+            kdc = null
+          }
+          throw e
+      }
+    }
+    val tempTestPrincipal = s"client/$hostName"
+    kdc.createPrincipal(keytabFile, tempTestPrincipal)
+    rewriteKrb5Conf()
+    testPrincipal = tempTestPrincipal + "@" + kdc.getRealm
+    info(s"KerberizedTest Principal: $testPrincipal")
+    info(s"KerberizedTest Keytab: $testKeytab")
+    super.beforeAll()
+  }
 
   /**
    * Forked from Apache Spark
@@ -113,13 +120,6 @@ trait KerberizedTestHelper extends KyuubiFunSuite {
     System.lineSeparator() + s"    $key=$value"
   }
 
-  rewriteKrb5Conf()
-
-  testPrincipal = testPrincipal + "@" + kdc.getRealm
-
-  info(s"KerberizedTest Principal: $testPrincipal")
-  info(s"KerberizedTest Keytab: $testKeytab")
-
   override def afterAll(): Unit = {
     kdc.stop()
     super.afterAll()