diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
index 90e499d8a3..814da03559 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/snapshot/TestSnapshotFileLength.java
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ public void testSnapshotfileLength() throws Exception {
         hdfs.getFileChecksum(file1snap1), is(snapChksum1));
     try {
       AppendTestUtil.write(out, 0, toAppend);
+      out.hflush();
       // Test reading from snapshot of file that is open for append
       byte[] dataFromSnapshot = DFSTestUtil.readFileBuffer(hdfs, file1snap1);
       assertThat("Wrong data size in snapshot.",