diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/WriteAheadLogSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/WriteAheadLogSuite.scala
index f6a622a3b1f93..21a2c6a58b0c1 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/WriteAheadLogSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/util/WriteAheadLogSuite.scala
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class WriteAheadLogSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with BeforeAndAfte
 
   test("WriteAheadLogManager - write rotating logs") {
     // Write data using manager
-    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData(10)
+    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData()
     val dir = pathForTest
     writeDataUsingManager(dir, dataToWrite)
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class WriteAheadLogSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with BeforeAndAfte
     // Write data manually for testing reading through manager
     val dir = pathForTest
     val writtenData = (1 to 10).map { i =>
-      val data = generateRandomData(10)
+      val data = generateRandomData()
       val file = dir + s"/log-$i-$i"
       writeDataManually(data, file)
       data
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class WriteAheadLogSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with BeforeAndAfte
 
   test("WriteAheadLogManager - recover past logs when creating new manager") {
     // Write data with manager, recover with new manager and verify
-    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData(100)
+    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData()
     val dir = pathForTest
     writeDataUsingManager(dir, dataToWrite)
     val logFiles = getLogFilesInDirectory(dir)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class WriteAheadLogSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with BeforeAndAfte
   test("WriteAheadLogManager - cleanup old logs") {
     // Write data with manager, recover with new manager and verify
     val dir = pathForTest
-    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData(100)
+    val dataToWrite = generateRandomData()
     val fakeClock = new ManualClock
     val manager = new WriteAheadLogManager(dir, hadoopConf,
       rollingIntervalSecs = 1, callerName = "WriteAheadLogSuite", clock = fakeClock)
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ object WriteAheadLogSuite {
 
   def writeDataUsingManager(logDirectory: String, data: Seq[String]) {
     val fakeClock = new ManualClock
+    fakeClock.setTime(1000000)
     val manager = new WriteAheadLogManager(logDirectory, hadoopConf,
       rollingIntervalSecs = 1, callerName = "WriteAheadLogSuite", clock = fakeClock)
+    // Ensure that 500 does not get sorted after 2000, so put a high base value.
     data.foreach { item =>
       fakeClock.addToTime(500)
       manager.writeToLog(item)
@@ -290,8 +292,8 @@ object WriteAheadLogSuite {
     data
   }
 
-  def generateRandomData(numItems: Int = 50, itemSize: Int = 50): Seq[String] = {
-    (1 to numItems).map {
+  def generateRandomData(): Seq[String] = {
+    (1 to 50).map {
       _.toString
     }
   }
@@ -300,11 +302,8 @@ object WriteAheadLogSuite {
     val logDirectoryPath = new Path(directory)
     val fileSystem = HdfsUtils.getFileSystemForPath(logDirectoryPath, hadoopConf)
 
-    implicit def fileStatusOrdering[A <: FileStatus]: Ordering[A] = Ordering
-      .by(f => f.getModificationTime)
-
     if (fileSystem.exists(logDirectoryPath) && fileSystem.getFileStatus(logDirectoryPath).isDir) {
-      fileSystem.listStatus(logDirectoryPath).sorted.map {
+      fileSystem.listStatus(logDirectoryPath).map {
         _.getPath.toString
       }
     } else {