diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/impl/MountTableStoreImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/impl/MountTableStoreImpl.java
index 87610385d8..8682a3d5e4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/impl/MountTableStoreImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/impl/MountTableStoreImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.federation.router.FederationUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.federation.router.RouterAdminServer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.federation.router.RouterPermissionChecker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.federation.store.MountTableStore;
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ public GetMountTableEntriesResponse getMountTableEntries(
       while (it.hasNext()) {
         MountTable record = it.next();
         String srcPath = record.getSourcePath();
-        if (!srcPath.startsWith(reqSrcPath)) {
+        if (!FederationUtil.isParentEntry(srcPath, reqSrcPath)) {
           it.remove();
         } else if (pc != null) {
           // do the READ permission check
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/TestRouterAdminCLI.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/TestRouterAdminCLI.java
index 731d5d4560..6de74c26c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/TestRouterAdminCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/router/TestRouterAdminCLI.java
@@ -332,6 +332,39 @@ public void testListMountTable() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testListNestedMountTable() throws Exception {
+    String dir1 = "/test-ls";
+    String dir2 = "/test-ls-longger";
+    String[] nsIdList = {"ns0", "ns1", "ns2", "ns3", "ns3"};
+    String[] sourceList =
+        {dir1, dir1 + "/subdir1", dir2, dir2 + "/subdir1", dir2 + "/subdir2"};
+    String[] destList =
+        {"/test-ls", "/test-ls/subdir1", "/ls", "/ls/subdir1", "/ls/subdir2"};
+    for (int i = 0; i < nsIdList.length; i++) {
+      String[] argv =
+          new String[] {"-add", sourceList[i], nsIdList[i], destList[i]};
+      assertEquals(0, ToolRunner.run(admin, argv));
+    }
+
+    // prepare for test
+    System.setOut(new PrintStream(out));
+    stateStore.loadCache(MountTableStoreImpl.class, true);
+
+    // Test ls dir1
+    String[] argv = new String[] {"-ls", dir1};
+    assertEquals(0, ToolRunner.run(admin, argv));
+    String outStr = out.toString();
+    assertTrue(out.toString().contains(dir1 + "/subdir1"));
+    assertFalse(out.toString().contains(dir2));
+
+    // Test ls dir2
+    argv = new String[] {"-ls", dir2};
+    assertEquals(0, ToolRunner.run(admin, argv));
+    assertTrue(out.toString().contains(dir2 + "/subdir1"));
+    assertTrue(out.toString().contains(dir2 + "/subdir2"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRemoveMountTable() throws Exception {
     String nsId = "ns0";
@@ -699,6 +732,8 @@ public void testSetAndClearQuota() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(0, ToolRunner.run(admin, argv));
 
     stateStore.loadCache(MountTableStoreImpl.class, true);
+
+    getRequest = GetMountTableEntriesRequest.newInstance("/");
     getResponse =
         client.getMountTableManager().getMountTableEntries(getRequest);