diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
index 443c7963cc..1d1a7ba632 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestContinuousScheduling.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.DefaultMetricsSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.ClusterNodeTracker;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.QueueMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.scheduler.SchedulerRequestKey;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.NodeAddedSchedulerEvent;
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ public Configuration createConfiguration() {
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   @Before
   public void setup() {
+    QueueMetrics.clearQueueMetrics();
+    DefaultMetricsSystem.setMiniClusterMode(true);
+    
     mockClock = new ControlledClock();
     conf = createConfiguration();
     resourceManager = new MockRM(conf);
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
index 05ec09e667..7882ba3664 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public class TestFairScheduler extends FairSchedulerTestBase {
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws IOException {
+    DefaultMetricsSystem.setMiniClusterMode(true);
     scheduler = new FairScheduler();
     conf = createConfiguration();
     resourceManager = new MockRM(conf);