Index: src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestSplitTransactionOnCluster.java =================================================================== --- src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestSplitTransactionOnCluster.java (revision 1395448) +++ src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestSplitTransactionOnCluster.java (working copy) @@ -654,6 +654,9 @@ HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(tableName); htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor("cf")); admin.createTable(htd); + while (!(cluster.getRegions(tableName).size() == 1)) { + Thread.sleep(100); + } List regions = cluster.getRegions(tableName); HRegionInfo hri = getAndCheckSingleTableRegion(regions); int tableRegionIndex = ensureTableRegionNotOnSameServerAsMeta(admin, hri);