diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStorageRestore.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStorageRestore.java
index 19f1ca975f..3664704183 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStorageRestore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestStorageRestore.java
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ public void testDfsAdminCmd() throws Exception {
       restore = fsi.getStorage().getRestoreFailedStorage();
       assertTrue("After check call restore is " + restore, restore);
       String commandOutput = cmdResult.getCommandOutput();
-      commandOutput.trim();
       assertTrue(commandOutput.contains("restoreFailedStorage is set to true"));