diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestClusterScopeQuotaThrottle.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestClusterScopeQuotaThrottle.java
index b34f722e2e78..c617c34800f7 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestClusterScopeQuotaThrottle.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/TestClusterScopeQuotaThrottle.java
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.regionserver.msginterval", 100);
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.client.pause", 250);
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean("hbase.master.enabletable.roundrobin", true);
+    // disable stream slow monitor check, as in this test we inject our own EnvironmentEdge
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.regionserver.async.wal.min.slow.detect.count",
+      Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(2);
     TEST_UTIL.waitTableAvailable(QuotaTableUtil.QUOTA_TABLE_NAME);
     QuotaCache.TEST_FORCE_REFRESH = true;