diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c91522b858..8285a99ec2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2302,6 +2302,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9410. Some tests should always reset sysout and syserr.
     (Xiao Chen via waltersu4549)
 
+    HDFS-9413. getContentSummary() on standby should throw StandbyException.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via mingma)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index 316b7decbc..e86ff96427 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -2948,9 +2948,11 @@ boolean mkdirs(String src, PermissionStatus permissions,
    *         or null if file not found
    */
   ContentSummary getContentSummary(final String src) throws IOException {
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     readLock();
     boolean success = true;
     try {
+      checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
       return FSDirStatAndListingOp.getContentSummary(dir, src);
     } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
       success = false;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestQuotasWithHA.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestQuotasWithHA.java
index 6ceecc79bb..db67d95bce 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestQuotasWithHA.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestQuotasWithHA.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ha;
 
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.StandbyException;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -130,4 +132,17 @@ public void testQuotasTrackedOnStandby() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(1, cs.getDirectoryCount());
     assertEquals(0, cs.getFileCount());
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Test that getContentSummary on Standby should should throw standby
+   * exception.
+   */
+  @Test(expected = StandbyException.class)
+  public void testgetContentSummaryOnStandby() throws Exception {
+    Configuration nn1conf =cluster.getConfiguration(1);
+    // just reset the standby reads to default i.e False on standby.
+    HAUtil.setAllowStandbyReads(nn1conf, false);
+    cluster.restartNameNode(1);
+    cluster.getNameNodeRpc(1).getContentSummary("/");
+  }
 }