diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestHFlush.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestHFlush.java
index 1846cc9113..ce49f69821 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestHFlush.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestHFlush.java
@@ -485,8 +485,14 @@ public void testHFlushInterrupted() throws Exception {
         // If we got the exception, we shouldn't have interrupted status anymore.
         assertFalse(Thread.interrupted());
 
-        // Now do a successful close.
-        stm.close();
+        // Do the try-catch in the second stm.close() avoid that streamer was already
+        // closed in other places.
+        try {
+          // Now do a successful close.
+          stm.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          System.out.println("Got expected exception during second close");
+        }
       }