diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestResolveHdfsSymlink.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestResolveHdfsSymlink.java
index e068cf95cb..05060af4a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestResolveHdfsSymlink.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestResolveHdfsSymlink.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public void testFcResolveAfs() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
     final String localTestRoot = helper.getAbsoluteTestRootDir(fcLocal);
     Path alphaLocalPath = new Path(fcLocal.getDefaultFileSystem().getUri()
-        .toString(), new File(localTestRoot, "alpha").getAbsolutePath());
+        .toString(), new File(localTestRoot, "alpha").getPath());
     DFSTestUtil.createFile(FileSystem.getLocal(conf), alphaLocalPath, 16,
         (short) 1, 2);