diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
index eb64cf57dd..f7c0e2d708 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/TestSecureNNWithQJM.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public static void destroy() throws Exception {
     }
     FileUtil.fullyDelete(baseDir);
     KeyStoreTestUtil.cleanupSSLConfig(keystoresDir, sslConfDir);
+    UserGroupInformation.reset();
   }
 
   @Before