diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
index d00f961c50..d396845d48 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
@@ -912,6 +912,24 @@ private static void logNodeIsNotChosen(DatanodeDescriptor node,
     reasonMap.put(reason, base + 1);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determine if a datanode should be chosen based on current workload.
+   *
+   * @param node The target datanode
+   * @return Return true if the datanode should be excluded, otherwise false
+   */
+  boolean excludeNodeByLoad(DatanodeDescriptor node){
+    final double maxLoad = considerLoadFactor *
+        stats.getInServiceXceiverAverage();
+    final int nodeLoad = node.getXceiverCount();
+    if ((nodeLoad > maxLoad) && (maxLoad > 0)) {
+      logNodeIsNotChosen(node, NodeNotChosenReason.NODE_TOO_BUSY,
+          "(load: " + nodeLoad + " > " + maxLoad + ")");
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Determine if a datanode is good for placing block.
    *
@@ -923,7 +941,7 @@ private static void logNodeIsNotChosen(DatanodeDescriptor node,
    * @param results A list containing currently chosen nodes. Used to check if
    *                too many nodes has been chosen in the target rack.
    * @param avoidStaleNodes Whether or not to avoid choosing stale nodes
-   * @return Reture true if the datanode is good candidate, otherwise false
+   * @return Return true if the datanode is good candidate, otherwise false
    */
   boolean isGoodDatanode(DatanodeDescriptor node,
                          int maxTargetPerRack, boolean considerLoad,
@@ -943,13 +961,8 @@ boolean isGoodDatanode(DatanodeDescriptor node,
     }
 
     // check the communication traffic of the target machine
-    if (considerLoad) {
-      final double maxLoad = considerLoadFactor *
-          stats.getInServiceXceiverAverage();
-      final int nodeLoad = node.getXceiverCount();
-      if (nodeLoad > maxLoad) {
-        logNodeIsNotChosen(node, NodeNotChosenReason.NODE_TOO_BUSY,
-            "(load: " + nodeLoad + " > " + maxLoad + ")");
+    if(considerLoad){
+      if(excludeNodeByLoad(node)){
         return false;
       }
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
index 27dcbf1856..f08fa131bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.TestINodeFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeStorage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
@@ -1559,4 +1560,31 @@ public void testAvoidLocalWriteNoEnoughNodes() throws IOException {
     }
     assertTrue(found);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMaxLoad() {
+    FSClusterStats statistics = mock(FSClusterStats.class);
+    DatanodeDescriptor node = mock(DatanodeDescriptor.class);
+
+    when(statistics.getInServiceXceiverAverage()).thenReturn(0.0);
+    when(node.getXceiverCount()).thenReturn(1);
+
+    final Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+    final Class<? extends BlockPlacementPolicy> replicatorClass = conf
+        .getClass(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_REPLICATOR_CLASSNAME_KEY,
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_REPLICATOR_CLASSNAME_DEFAULT,
+            BlockPlacementPolicy.class);
+    BlockPlacementPolicy bpp = ReflectionUtils.
+        newInstance(replicatorClass, conf);
+    assertTrue(bpp instanceof  BlockPlacementPolicyDefault);
+
+    BlockPlacementPolicyDefault bppd = (BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) bpp;
+    bppd.initialize(conf, statistics, null, null);
+    assertFalse(bppd.excludeNodeByLoad(node));
+
+    when(statistics.getInServiceXceiverAverage()).thenReturn(1.0);
+    when(node.getXceiverCount()).thenReturn(10);
+    assertTrue(bppd.excludeNodeByLoad(node));
+
+  }
 }