diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namequeues/TestSlowLogAccessor.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namequeues/TestSlowLogAccessor.java
index e6a5931d1d10..4b130acba6e5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namequeues/TestSlowLogAccessor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/namequeues/TestSlowLogAccessor.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public static void setup() throws Exception {
     conf.setBoolean(HConstants.SLOW_LOG_SYS_TABLE_ENABLED_KEY, true);
     conf.setInt("hbase.slowlog.systable.chore.duration", 900);
     conf.setInt("hbase.regionserver.slowlog.ringbuffer.size", 50000);
+    conf.setInt("hbase.regionserver.slowlog.systable.queue.size", 5000);
     HBASE_TESTING_UTILITY.startMiniCluster();
   }