diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/TestOzoneAuditLogger.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/TestOzoneAuditLogger.java
index 77a6c0baddd0b..518ddaedcf75f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/TestOzoneAuditLogger.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/TestOzoneAuditLogger.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private void verifyLog(String expected) throws IOException {
     assertTrue(lines.size() != 0);
     assertTrue(expected.equalsIgnoreCase(lines.get(0)));
     //empty the file
-    lines.remove(0);
+    lines.clear();
     FileUtils.writeLines(file, lines, false);
   }