diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemRandomRead.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemRandomRead.java
index e5f64b5f2c..f582763128 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemRandomRead.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemRandomRead.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -412,6 +413,7 @@ public void testSequentialReadAfterReverseSeekPerformance()
   }
 
   @Test
+  @Ignore("HADOOP-16915")
   public void testRandomReadPerformance() throws Exception {
     Assume.assumeFalse("This test does not support namespace enabled account",
             this.getFileSystem().getIsNamespaceEnabled());