diff --git a/mesos/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackendSuite.scala b/mesos/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
index 6948be0ead5eba855db08eb7bd5233b05dd0c08f..bbc79dd1eda07fe306ecaed8ab817ab38be24907 100644
--- a/mesos/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
+++ b/mesos/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackendSuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.scheduler.cluster.mesos
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ class MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackendSuite extends SparkFunSuite
 
   // All 'requests' to the scheduler run immediately on the same thread, so
   // demand that all futures have their value available immediately.
-  implicit override val patienceConfig = PatienceConfig(timeout = 0.seconds)
+  implicit override val patienceConfig = PatienceConfig(timeout = Duration(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
 
   test("mesos supports killing and limiting executors") {
     setBackend()