diff --git a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
index 7ad5af61ca0fb..d5f9a0aa38f9f 100644
--- a/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
+++ b/external/flume/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/flume/FlumePollingStreamSuite.scala
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class FlumePollingStreamSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Log
     val addresses = sinkPorts.map(port => new InetSocketAddress("localhost", port))
     val flumeStream: ReceiverInputDStream[SparkFlumeEvent] =
       FlumeUtils.createPollingStream(ssc, addresses, StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK,
-        utils.getEventsPerBatch, 5)
+        utils.eventsPerBatch, 5)
     val outputBuffer = new ArrayBuffer[Seq[SparkFlumeEvent]]
       with SynchronizedBuffer[Seq[SparkFlumeEvent]]
     val outputStream = new TestOutputStream(flumeStream, outputBuffer)