diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
index 801b20a47747..0f3d0aee4e57 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ public void testPrefetchWithDelay() throws Exception {
     HFileContext context = new HFileContextBuilder().withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.GZ)
       .withBlockSize(DATA_BLOCK_SIZE).build();
     Path storeFile = writeStoreFile("TestPrefetchWithDelay", context);
-    HFile.Reader reader = HFile.createReader(fs, storeFile, cacheConf, true, conf);
     long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    HFile.Reader reader = HFile.createReader(fs, storeFile, cacheConf, true, conf);
 
     // Wait for 20 seconds, no thread should start prefetch
     Thread.sleep(20000);