diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index a3c2761eaa..d552eab42e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -1802,7 +1802,8 @@ private BlockToMarkCorrupt checkReplicaCorrupt(
       case COMPLETE:
       case COMMITTED:
         if (storedBlock.getGenerationStamp() != iblk.getGenerationStamp()) {
-          return new BlockToMarkCorrupt(storedBlock,
+          return new BlockToMarkCorrupt(new BlockInfo(iblk, storedBlock
+              .getINode().getReplication()),
               "block is " + ucState + " and reported genstamp " +
               iblk.getGenerationStamp() + " does not match " +
               "genstamp in block map " + storedBlock.getGenerationStamp());
@@ -1822,7 +1823,8 @@ private BlockToMarkCorrupt checkReplicaCorrupt(
       if (!storedBlock.isComplete()) {
         return null; // not corrupt
       } else if (storedBlock.getGenerationStamp() != iblk.getGenerationStamp()) {
-        return new BlockToMarkCorrupt(storedBlock,
+        return new BlockToMarkCorrupt(new BlockInfo(iblk, storedBlock
+            .getINode().getReplication()),
             "reported " + reportedState + " replica with genstamp " +
             iblk.getGenerationStamp() + " does not match COMPLETE block's " +
             "genstamp in block map " + storedBlock.getGenerationStamp());
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestRBWBlockInvalidation.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestRBWBlockInvalidation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e45dd6a0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestRBWBlockInvalidation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * 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.hdfs.server.blockmanagement;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSTestUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNodeTestUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Test when RBW block is removed. Invalidation of the corrupted block happens
+ * and then the under replicated block gets replicated to the datanode.
+ */
+public class TestRBWBlockInvalidation {
+  private static NumberReplicas countReplicas(final FSNamesystem namesystem,
+      ExtendedBlock block) {
+    return namesystem.getBlockManager().countNodes(block.getLocalBlock());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test when a block's replica is removed from RBW folder in one of the
+   * datanode, namenode should ask to invalidate that corrupted block and
+   * schedule replication for one more replica for that under replicated block.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testBlockInvalidationWhenRBWReplicaMissedInDN()
+      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    conf.setLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCKREPORT_INTERVAL_MSEC_KEY, 300);
+    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_INTERVAL_KEY, 1);
+    conf.setLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_KEY, 1);
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(3)
+        .build();
+    FSDataOutputStream out = null;
+    try {
+      final FSNamesystem namesystem = cluster.getNamesystem();
+      FileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      Path testPath = new Path(MiniDFSCluster.getBaseDirectory(), "foo1");
+      out = fs.create(testPath, (short) 3);
+      out.writeBytes("HDFS-3157: " + testPath);
+      out.hsync();
+      String bpid = namesystem.getBlockPoolId();
+      ExtendedBlock blk = DFSTestUtil.getFirstBlock(fs, testPath);
+      Block block = blk.getLocalBlock();
+      // Deleting partial block and its meta information from the RBW folder
+      // of first datanode.
+      DataNode dn = cluster.getDataNodes().get(0);
+      File blockFile = DataNodeTestUtils.getBlockFile(dn, bpid, block);
+      File metaFile = DataNodeTestUtils.getMetaFile(dn, bpid, block);
+      assertTrue("Could not delete the block file from the RBW folder",
+          blockFile.delete());
+      assertTrue("Could not delete the block meta file from the RBW folder",
+          metaFile.delete());
+      out.close();
+      assertEquals("The corrupt replica could not be invalidated", 0,
+          countReplicas(namesystem, blk).corruptReplicas());
+      /*
+       * Sleep for 3 seconds, for under replicated block to get replicated. As
+       * one second will be taken by ReplicationMonitor and one more second for
+       * invalidated block to get deleted from the datanode.
+       */
+      Thread.sleep(3000);
+      blk = DFSTestUtil.getFirstBlock(fs, testPath);
+      assertEquals("There should be three live replicas", 3,
+          countReplicas(namesystem, blk).liveReplicas());
+    } finally {
+      if (out != null) {
+        out.close();
+      }
+      cluster.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeTestUtils.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeTestUtils.java
index 74be37d986..7baa47a490 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeTestUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNodeTestUtils.java
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ public static File getBlockFile(DataNode dn, String bpid, Block b
       ) throws IOException {
     return FsDatasetTestUtil.getBlockFile(dn.getFSDataset(), bpid, b);
   }
+  
+  public static File getMetaFile(DataNode dn, String bpid, Block b)
+      throws IOException {
+    return FsDatasetTestUtil.getMetaFile(dn.getFSDataset(), bpid, b);
+  }
 
   public static boolean unlinkBlock(DataNode dn, ExtendedBlock bk, int numLinks
       ) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetTestUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetTestUtil.java
index 211737fa73..05a2cec906 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetTestUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/fsdataset/impl/FsDatasetTestUtil.java
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public static File getBlockFile(FsDatasetSpi<?> fsd, String bpid, Block b
       ) throws IOException {
     return ((FsDatasetImpl)fsd).getBlockFile(bpid, b);
   }
+  
+  public static File getMetaFile(FsDatasetSpi<?> fsd, String bpid, Block b)
+      throws IOException {
+    return FsDatasetUtil.getMetaFile(getBlockFile(fsd, bpid, b), b
+        .getGenerationStamp());
+  }
 
   public static boolean unlinkBlock(FsDatasetSpi<?> fsd,
       ExtendedBlock block, int numLinks) throws IOException {