diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
index c6139c13e4..b85a8d8b18 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/TestDFSAdminWithHA.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HAUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.qjournal.MiniQJMHACluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha.BootstrapStandby;
@@ -104,6 +105,10 @@ private void setUpHaCluster(boolean security) throws Exception {
     conf.setInt(
         CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_RETRY_INTERVAL_KEY,
         500);
+    conf.setInt(HdfsClientConfigKeys.Failover.MAX_ATTEMPTS_KEY, 2);
+    conf.setInt(HdfsClientConfigKeys.Retry.MAX_ATTEMPTS_KEY, 2);
+    conf.setInt(HdfsClientConfigKeys.Failover.SLEEPTIME_BASE_KEY, 0);
+    conf.setInt(HdfsClientConfigKeys.Failover.SLEEPTIME_MAX_KEY, 0);
   }
 
   @After