diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestGSet.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestGSet.java
index 2d39f3daa5..14dde6a0c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestGSet.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestGSet.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ private static class IntElement implements LightWeightGSet.LinkedElement,
 
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-      return obj != null && obj instanceof IntElement
+      return obj instanceof IntElement
           && value == ((IntElement)obj).value;
     }