diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
index 5f9151a9f8..2b3ab2a0d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextMainOperationsBaseTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options.CreateOpts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options.Rename;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -251,8 +252,14 @@ public void testMkdirsFailsForSubdirectoryOfExistingFile() throws Exception {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // expected
     }
-    Assert.assertFalse(exists(fc, testSubDir));
-    
+
+    try {
+      Assert.assertFalse(exists(fc, testSubDir));
+    } catch (AccessControlException e) {
+      // Expected : HDFS-11132 Checks on paths under file may be rejected by
+      // file missing execute permission.
+    }
+
     Path testDeepSubDir = getTestRootPath(fc, "test/hadoop/file/deep/sub/dir");
     try {
       fc.mkdir(testDeepSubDir, FsPermission.getDefault(), true);
@@ -260,8 +267,14 @@ public void testMkdirsFailsForSubdirectoryOfExistingFile() throws Exception {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // expected
     }
-    Assert.assertFalse(exists(fc, testDeepSubDir));
-    
+
+    try {
+      Assert.assertFalse(exists(fc, testDeepSubDir));
+    } catch (AccessControlException e) {
+      // Expected : HDFS-11132 Checks on paths under file may be rejected by
+      // file missing execute permission.
+    }
+
   }
   
   @Test
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystemContractBaseTest.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystemContractBaseTest.java
index bbd733691b..6247959182 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystemContractBaseTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystemContractBaseTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -158,7 +159,13 @@ public void testMkdirsFailsForSubdirectoryOfExistingFile() throws Exception {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // expected
     }
-    assertFalse(fs.exists(testSubDir));
+
+    try {
+      assertFalse(fs.exists(testSubDir));
+    } catch (AccessControlException e) {
+      // Expected : HDFS-11132 Checks on paths under file may be rejected by
+      // file missing execute permission.
+    }
 
     Path testDeepSubDir = path("/test/hadoop/file/deep/sub/dir");
     try {
@@ -167,7 +174,13 @@ public void testMkdirsFailsForSubdirectoryOfExistingFile() throws Exception {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // expected
     }
-    assertFalse(fs.exists(testDeepSubDir));
+
+    try {
+      assertFalse(fs.exists(testDeepSubDir));
+    } catch (AccessControlException e) {
+      // Expected : HDFS-11132 Checks on paths under file may be rejected by
+      // file missing execute permission.
+    }
 
   }