diff --git a/connector/connector-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/hdfs/TestToInitializer.java b/connector/connector-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/hdfs/TestToInitializer.java
index 914c3ca5..aa267a7b 100644
--- a/connector/connector-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/hdfs/TestToInitializer.java
+++ b/connector/connector-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/hdfs/TestToInitializer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public void testWorkDirectoryBeingSet() {
     LinkConfiguration linkConfig = new LinkConfiguration();
     ToJobConfiguration jobConfig = new ToJobConfiguration();
 
+    linkConfig.linkConfig.uri = "file:///";
     jobConfig.toJobConfig.outputDirectory = TARGET_DIR;
 
     InitializerContext initializerContext = new InitializerContext(new MutableMapContext());
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public void testOutputDirectoryIsAFile() throws Exception {
     LinkConfiguration linkConfig = new LinkConfiguration();
     ToJobConfiguration jobConfig = new ToJobConfiguration();
 
+    linkConfig.linkConfig.uri = "file:///";
     jobConfig.toJobConfig.outputDirectory = file.getAbsolutePath();
 
     InitializerContext initializerContext = new InitializerContext(new MutableMapContext());
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public void testOutputDirectoryIsNotEmpty() throws Exception {
     LinkConfiguration linkConfig = new LinkConfiguration();
     ToJobConfiguration jobConfig = new ToJobConfiguration();
 
+    linkConfig.linkConfig.uri = "file:///";
     jobConfig.toJobConfig.outputDirectory = dir.getAbsolutePath();
 
     InitializerContext initializerContext = new InitializerContext(new MutableMapContext());