diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocalFSCopyFromLocal.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocalFSCopyFromLocal.java
index 7acb39c6e1..15466af7c1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocalFSCopyFromLocal.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestLocalFSCopyFromLocal.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.AbstractFSContract;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.localfs.LocalFSContract;
 
-import static org.apache.hadoop.test.LambdaTestUtils.intercept;
-
 public class TestLocalFSCopyFromLocal extends AbstractContractCopyFromLocalTest {
   @Override
   protected AbstractFSContract createContract(Configuration conf) {
@@ -37,14 +35,15 @@ protected AbstractFSContract createContract(Configuration conf) {
 
   @Test
   public void testDestinationFileIsToParentDirectory() throws Throwable {
-    describe("Source is a file and destination is its own parent directory");
+    describe("Source is a file and destination is its own parent directory. " +
+        "Copying will cause the source file to be deleted.");
 
     File file = createTempFile("local");
     Path dest = new Path(file.getParentFile().toURI());
     Path src = new Path(file.toURI());
 
-    intercept(PathOperationException.class,
-        () -> getFileSystem().copyFromLocalFile( true, true, src, dest));
+    getFileSystem().copyFromLocalFile(true, true, src, dest);
+    assertPathDoesNotExist("Source found", src);
   }
 
   @Test