diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
index 43021c0fa8..4cdb3c95ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/AbfsConfiguration.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -219,8 +218,6 @@ public class AbfsConfiguration{
       DefaultValue = DEFAULT_SAS_TOKEN_RENEW_PERIOD_FOR_STREAMS_IN_SECONDS)
   private long sasTokenRenewPeriodForStreamsInSeconds;
 
-  private Map<String, String> storageAccountKeys;
-
   public AbfsConfiguration(final Configuration rawConfig, String accountName)
       throws IllegalAccessException, InvalidConfigurationValueException, IOException {
     this.rawConfig = ProviderUtils.excludeIncompatibleCredentialProviders(
@@ -228,7 +225,6 @@ public AbfsConfiguration(final Configuration rawConfig, String accountName)
     this.accountName = accountName;
     this.isSecure = getBoolean(FS_AZURE_SECURE_MODE, false);
 
-    validateStorageAccountKeys();
     Field[] fields = this.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
     for (Field field : fields) {
       field.setAccessible(true);
@@ -740,16 +736,6 @@ public SASTokenProvider getSASTokenProvider() throws AzureBlobFileSystemExceptio
     }
   }
 
-  void validateStorageAccountKeys() throws InvalidConfigurationValueException {
-    Base64StringConfigurationBasicValidator validator = new Base64StringConfigurationBasicValidator(
-        FS_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PROPERTY_NAME, "", true);
-    this.storageAccountKeys = rawConfig.getValByRegex(FS_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PROPERTY_NAME_REGX);
-
-    for (Map.Entry<String, String> account : storageAccountKeys.entrySet()) {
-      validator.validate(account.getValue());
-    }
-  }
-
   int validateInt(Field field) throws IllegalAccessException, InvalidConfigurationValueException {
     IntegerConfigurationValidatorAnnotation validator = field.getAnnotation(IntegerConfigurationValidatorAnnotation.class);
     String value = get(validator.ConfigurationKey());
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/SimpleKeyProvider.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/SimpleKeyProvider.java
index 727e1b3fd3..bb1ec9e4a3 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/SimpleKeyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/services/SimpleKeyProvider.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.KeyProviderException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.InvalidConfigurationValueException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.diagnostics.Base64StringConfigurationBasicValidator;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ public String getStorageAccountKey(String accountName, Configuration rawConfig)
     try {
       AbfsConfiguration abfsConfig = new AbfsConfiguration(rawConfig, accountName);
       key = abfsConfig.getPasswordString(ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PROPERTY_NAME);
-    } catch(IllegalAccessException | InvalidConfigurationValueException e) {
+
+      // Validating the key.
+      validateStorageAccountKey(key);
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvalidConfigurationValueException e) {
       throw new KeyProviderException("Failure to initialize configuration", e);
     } catch(IOException ioe) {
       LOG.warn("Unable to get key from credential providers. {}", ioe);
@@ -51,4 +55,18 @@ public String getStorageAccountKey(String accountName, Configuration rawConfig)
 
     return key;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A method to validate the storage key.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to be validated.
+   * @throws InvalidConfigurationValueException
+   */
+  private void validateStorageAccountKey(String key)
+      throws InvalidConfigurationValueException {
+    Base64StringConfigurationBasicValidator validator = new Base64StringConfigurationBasicValidator(
+        ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PROPERTY_NAME, "", true);
+
+    validator.validate(key);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestAbfsConfigurationFieldsValidation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestAbfsConfigurationFieldsValidation.java
index d8711876fe..bda845bb45 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestAbfsConfigurationFieldsValidation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/TestAbfsConfigurationFieldsValidation.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.annotations.ConfigurationValidationAnnotations.StringConfigurationValidatorAnnotation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.annotations.ConfigurationValidationAnnotations.LongConfigurationValidatorAnnotation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.annotations.ConfigurationValidationAnnotations.Base64StringConfigurationValidatorAnnotation;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.ConfigurationPropertyNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.KeyProviderException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.utils.Base64;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.constants.ConfigurationKeys.FS_AZURE_SSL_CHANNEL_MODE_KEY;
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public void testGetAccountKey() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(this.encodedAccountKey, accountKey);
   }
 
-  @Test(expected = ConfigurationPropertyNotFoundException.class)
+  @Test(expected = KeyProviderException.class)
   public void testGetAccountKeyWithNonExistingAccountName() throws Exception {
     Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
     configuration.addResource(TestConfigurationKeys.TEST_CONFIGURATION_FILE_NAME);