diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend4.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend4.java
index 8c672b585df9b..d2045252c6cbb 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend4.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend4.java
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ private void recoverFile(final FileSystem fs) throws Exception {
 
     // set the soft limit to be 1 second so that the
     // namenode triggers lease recovery upon append request
-    cluster.setLeasePeriod(1,
+    cluster.setLeasePeriod(1000,
         conf.getLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_LEASE_HARDLIMIT_KEY,
-            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_LEASE_HARDLIMIT_DEFAULT));
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_LEASE_HARDLIMIT_DEFAULT) * 1000);
 
     // Trying recovery
     int tries = 60;