diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
index e8e028732b2a8..72287782baac6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestTrash.java
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ public static void trashShell(final FileSystem fs, final Path base)
 
   /**
    * Test trash for the shell's delete command for the default file system
-   * specified in the paramter conf
-   * @param conf 
+   * specified in the parameter conf
+   * @param conf - configuration object for the filesystem
    * @param base - the base path where files are created
+   * @param trashRootFs - the filesystem object to test trash
    * @param trashRoot - the expected place where the trashbin resides
    * @throws IOException
    */
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
-  static class TestLFS extends LocalFileSystem {
+  public static class TestLFS extends LocalFileSystem {
     private URI uriName = null;
     Path home;
     TestLFS() {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewFsTrash.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewFsTrash.java
index 94c3262eaae92..8e5fa72f7ed71 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewFsTrash.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestViewFsTrash.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs.viewfs;
 
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystemTestHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsConstants;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.LocalFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.TestTrash;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -35,31 +31,26 @@ public class TestViewFsTrash {
   FileSystem fsTarget;  // the target file system - the mount will point here
   FileSystem fsView;
   Configuration conf;
-  FileSystemTestHelper fileSystemTestHelper = new FileSystemTestHelper();
-
-  class TestLFS extends LocalFileSystem {
-    Path home;
-    TestLFS() throws IOException {
-      this(new Path(fileSystemTestHelper.getTestRootDir()));
-    }
-    TestLFS(Path home) throws IOException {
-      super();
-      this.home = home;
-    }
-    @Override
-    public Path getHomeDirectory() {
-      return home;
-    }
-  }
+  private FileSystemTestHelper fileSystemTestHelper;
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    fsTarget = FileSystem.getLocal(new Configuration());
-    fsTarget.mkdirs(new Path(fileSystemTestHelper.
-        getTestRootPath(fsTarget), "dir1"));
+    Configuration targetFSConf = new Configuration();
+    targetFSConf.setClass("fs.file.impl", TestTrash.TestLFS.class, FileSystem.class);
+
+    fsTarget = FileSystem.getLocal(targetFSConf);
+    fileSystemTestHelper = new FileSystemTestHelper(fsTarget.getHomeDirectory().toUri().getPath());
+
     conf = ViewFileSystemTestSetup.createConfig();
     fsView = ViewFileSystemTestSetup.setupForViewFileSystem(conf, fileSystemTestHelper, fsTarget);
     conf.set("fs.defaultFS", FsConstants.VIEWFS_URI.toString());
+
+    /*
+     * Need to set the fs.file.impl to TestViewFsTrash.TestLFS. Otherwise, it will load
+     * LocalFileSystem implementation which uses System.getProperty("user.home") for homeDirectory.
+     */
+    conf.setClass("fs.file.impl", TestTrash.TestLFS.class, FileSystem.class);
+
   }
  
   @After
@@ -72,7 +63,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws Exception {
   @Test
   public void testTrash() throws Exception {
     TestTrash.trashShell(conf, fileSystemTestHelper.getTestRootPath(fsView),
-        fsTarget, new Path(fsTarget.getHomeDirectory(), ".Trash/Current"));
+        fsView, new Path(fileSystemTestHelper.getTestRootPath(fsView), ".Trash/Current"));
   }
   
 }