diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
index 498d785b64..35a9c2c7f4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
@@ -1638,6 +1638,11 @@ private void doTestBalancerWithStripedFile(Configuration conf) throws Exception
       BalancerParameters p = BalancerParameters.DEFAULT;
       runBalancer(conf, totalUsedSpace, totalCapacity, p, 0);
 
+      // namenode will ask datanode to delete replicas in heartbeat response
+      cluster.triggerHeartbeats();
+      // namenode will update block locations according to the report
+      cluster.triggerDeletionReports();
+
       // verify locations of striped blocks
       locatedBlocks = client.getBlockLocations(fileName, 0, fileLen);
       StripedFileTestUtil.verifyLocatedStripedBlocks(locatedBlocks, groupSize);