diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
index aa72ed64e6..a614dbb15b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/AbfsClient.java
@@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ private String appendSASTokenToQuery(String path,
           sasToken = cachedSasToken;
           LOG.trace("Using cached SAS token.");
         }
+        // if SAS Token contains a prefix of ?, it should be removed
+        if (sasToken.charAt(0) == '?') {
+          sasToken = sasToken.substring(1);
+        }
         queryBuilder.setSASToken(sasToken);
         LOG.trace("SAS token fetch complete for {} on {}", operation, path);
       } catch (Exception ex) {
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemDelegationSAS.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemDelegationSAS.java
index edc3930607..b164689ef8 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemDelegationSAS.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAzureBlobFileSystemDelegationSAS.java
@@ -479,4 +479,17 @@ public void testSetPermissionWithoutAgentForNonOwner() throws Exception {
         "r--r-----",
         fileStatus.getPermission().toString());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSASQuesMarkPrefix() throws Exception {
+    AbfsConfiguration testConfig = this.getConfiguration();
+    // the SAS Token Provider is changed
+    testConfig.set(FS_AZURE_SAS_TOKEN_PROVIDER_TYPE, "org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.extensions.MockWithPrefixSASTokenProvider");
+
+    AzureBlobFileSystem testFs = (AzureBlobFileSystem) FileSystem.newInstance(getRawConfiguration());
+    Path testFile = new Path("/testSASPrefixQuesMark");
+
+    // the creation of this filesystem should work correctly even when a SAS Token is generated with a ? prefix
+    testFs.create(testFile).close();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/extensions/MockWithPrefixSASTokenProvider.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/extensions/MockWithPrefixSASTokenProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed701c4669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/extensions/MockWithPrefixSASTokenProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.extensions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class MockWithPrefixSASTokenProvider extends MockSASTokenProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Function to return an already generated SAS Token with a '?' prefix
+     * @param accountName the name of the storage account.
+     * @param fileSystem the name of the fileSystem.
+     * @param path the file or directory path.
+     * @param operation the operation to be performed on the path.
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getSASToken(String accountName, String fileSystem, String path,
+                              String operation) throws IOException {
+        String token = super.getSASToken(accountName, fileSystem, path, operation);
+        return "?" + token;
+    }
+}
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