diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/tools/TestCLI.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/tools/TestCLI.java
index 112f5855b0..985eea3f65 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/tools/TestCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/tools/TestCLI.java
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobPriority;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobStatus.State;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -162,25 +163,33 @@ private Job mockJob(Cluster mockCluster, String jobId, State jobState)
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testGetJob() throws Exception {
+  public void testGetJobWithoutRetry() throws Exception {
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-    long sleepTime = 100;
-    conf.setLong(MRJobConfig.MR_CLIENT_JOB_RETRY_INTERVAL, sleepTime);
-    Cluster mockCluster = mock(Cluster.class);
-    JobID jobId1 = JobID.forName("job_1234654654_001");
-    when(mockCluster.getJob(jobId1)).thenReturn(null);
+    conf.setInt(MRJobConfig.MR_CLIENT_JOB_MAX_RETRIES, 0);
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
-      conf.setInt(MRJobConfig.MR_CLIENT_JOB_MAX_RETRIES, i);
-      CLI cli = spy(new CLI(conf));
-      cli.cluster = mockCluster;
-      doReturn(mockCluster).when(cli).createCluster();
-      long start = Time.monotonicNow();
-      cli.getJob(jobId1);
-      long end = Time.monotonicNow();
-      Assert.assertTrue(end - start > (i * sleepTime));
-      Assert.assertTrue(end - start < ((i + 1) * sleepTime));
-    }
+    final Cluster mockCluster = mock(Cluster.class);
+    when(mockCluster.getJob(any(JobID.class))).thenReturn(null);
+    CLI cli = new CLI(conf);
+    cli.cluster = mockCluster;
+
+    Job job = cli.getJob(JobID.forName("job_1234654654_001"));
+    Assert.assertTrue("job is not null", job == null);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetJobWithRetry() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    conf.setInt(MRJobConfig.MR_CLIENT_JOB_MAX_RETRIES, 1);
+
+    final Cluster mockCluster = mock(Cluster.class);
+    final Job mockJob = Job.getInstance(conf);
+    when(mockCluster.getJob(any(JobID.class))).thenReturn(
+        null).thenReturn(mockJob);
+    CLI cli = new CLI(conf);
+    cli.cluster = mockCluster;
+
+    Job job = cli.getJob(JobID.forName("job_1234654654_001"));
+    Assert.assertTrue("job is null", job != null);
   }
 
   @Test