diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestNetworkedJob.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestNetworkedJob.java
index 45c7d1f79d..65b9dbd880 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestNetworkedJob.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/TestNetworkedJob.java
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ private MiniMRClientCluster createMiniClusterWithCapacityScheduler()
     // Expected queue names depending on Capacity Scheduler queue naming
     conf.setClass(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER, CapacityScheduler.class,
         CapacityScheduler.class);
+    // Default value is 90 - if you have low disk space,
+    // testNetworkedJob will fail
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.NM_MAX_PER_DISK_UTILIZATION_PERCENTAGE, "99");
     return MiniMRClientClusterFactory.create(this.getClass(), 2, conf);
   }
 }