TestRSKilledWhenInitializing failing on branch-1 (branch-1.4)

Running org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitializing
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 12.343 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitiali
zing
testRSTerminationAfterRegisteringToMasterBeforeCreatingEphemeralNode(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitializing) Time elapsed: 12.
329 sec <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.AssertionError: null
at org.junit.Assert.fail(Assert.java:86)
at org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:41)
at org.junit.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:52)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitializing.testRSTerminationAfterRegisteringToMasterBeforeCreatingEphemeralNode(TestRSKi
lledWhenInitializing.java:123)

Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 2, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 192.427 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitial
izing
testRSTerminationAfterRegisteringToMasterBeforeCreatingEphemeralNode(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitializing) Time elapsed: 179
.859 sec <<< ERROR!
org.junit.runners.model.TestTimedOutException: test timed out after 180 seconds
at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Threads.sleep(Threads.java:146)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.TestRSKilledWhenInitializing.testRSTerminationAfterRegisteringToMasterBeforeCreatingEphemeralNode(TestRSKi
lledWhenInitializing.java:113)