diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/DecayRpcScheduler.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/DecayRpcScheduler.java
index 512b0b7c02..5410aebbd0 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/DecayRpcScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/DecayRpcScheduler.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public DecayRpcScheduler(int numLevels, String ns, Configuration conf) {
         "the number of top users for scheduler metrics must be at least 1");
 
     // Setup delay timer
-    Timer timer = new Timer();
+    Timer timer = new Timer(true);
     DecayTask task = new DecayTask(this, timer);
     timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task, decayPeriodMillis, decayPeriodMillis);