diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestTableSnapshotScanner.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestTableSnapshotScanner.java
index 87f7b735bd86..8fc26bbc84d0 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestTableSnapshotScanner.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestTableSnapshotScanner.java
@@ -460,9 +460,7 @@ public void testMergeRegion() throws Exception {
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       LOG.error("scan snapshot error", e);
-      Assert.fail("Should not throw FileNotFoundException");
-      Assert.assertTrue(e.getCause() != null);
-      Assert.assertTrue(e.getCause().getCause() instanceof FileNotFoundException);
+      Assert.fail("Should not throw Exception: " + e.getMessage());
     } finally {
       tearDownCluster();
     }