diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAAppend.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAAppend.java
index 1fccb3c51f..d835e230c6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAAppend.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestHAAppend.java
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ public void testMultipleAppendsDuringCatchupTailing() throws Exception {
     // control the ingest of edits by the standby for this test.
     conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_TAILEDITS_PERIOD_KEY, "5000");
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_LOGROLL_PERIOD_KEY, -1);
-
+    conf.setBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REDUNDANCY_CONSIDERLOAD_KEY,
+        false);
     MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
         .nnTopology(MiniDFSNNTopology.simpleHATopology())
         .numDataNodes(3).build();