diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
index cf2210575d..72eeb99a4e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/RawLocalFileSystem.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 public class RawLocalFileSystem extends FileSystem {
   static final URI NAME = URI.create("file:///");
   private Path workingDir;
+  private long defaultBlockSize;
   // Temporary workaround for HADOOP-9652.
   private static boolean useDeprecatedFileStatus = true;
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ public File pathToFile(Path path) {
   public void initialize(URI uri, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     super.initialize(uri, conf);
     setConf(conf);
+    defaultBlockSize = getDefaultBlockSize(new Path(uri));
   }
   
   /*******************************************************
@@ -518,7 +520,12 @@ public FileStatus[] listStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
     }
     return new FileStatus[] {
         new DeprecatedRawLocalFileStatus(localf,
-        getDefaultBlockSize(f), this) };
+        defaultBlockSize, this) };
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean exists(Path f) throws IOException {
+    return pathToFile(f).exists();
   }
   
   protected boolean mkOneDir(File p2f) throws IOException {
@@ -663,7 +670,7 @@ private FileStatus deprecatedGetFileStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
     File path = pathToFile(f);
     if (path.exists()) {
       return new DeprecatedRawLocalFileStatus(pathToFile(f),
-          getDefaultBlockSize(f), this);
+          defaultBlockSize, this);
     } else {
       throw new FileNotFoundException("File " + f + " does not exist");
     }
@@ -1051,7 +1058,7 @@ private FileStatus deprecatedGetFileLinkStatusInternal(final Path f)
   private FileStatus getNativeFileLinkStatus(final Path f,
       boolean dereference) throws IOException {
     checkPath(f);
-    Stat stat = new Stat(f, getDefaultBlockSize(f), dereference, this);
+    Stat stat = new Stat(f, defaultBlockSize, dereference, this);
     FileStatus status = stat.getFileStatus();
     return status;
   }