diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
index 98d7e82c70..b6e6f0c57a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/CallerContext.java
@@ -140,12 +140,8 @@ public Builder(String context) {
     }
 
     public Builder(String context, Configuration conf) {
-      if (isValid(context)) {
-        sb.append(context);
-      }
-      fieldSeparator = conf.get(HADOOP_CALLER_CONTEXT_SEPARATOR_KEY,
-          HADOOP_CALLER_CONTEXT_SEPARATOR_DEFAULT);
-      checkFieldSeparator(fieldSeparator);
+      this(context, conf.get(HADOOP_CALLER_CONTEXT_SEPARATOR_KEY,
+              HADOOP_CALLER_CONTEXT_SEPARATOR_DEFAULT));
     }
 
     public Builder(String context, String separator) {