diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestPendingReconstruction.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestPendingReconstruction.java
index d7c693f8b2..aa57a4ad37 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestPendingReconstruction.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestPendingReconstruction.java
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNodeTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INodeFile;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeAdapter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeRegistration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeStorage;
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ private BlockInfo genBlockInfo(long id, long length, long gs) {
 
   @Test
   public void testPendingReconstruction() {
+    NameNode.initMetrics(new Configuration(),
+        HdfsServerConstants.NamenodeRole.NAMENODE);
     PendingReconstructionBlocks pendingReconstructions;
     pendingReconstructions = new PendingReconstructionBlocks(TIMEOUT * 1000);
     pendingReconstructions.start();