diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
index 9b498b2c4e..c52c9eddc9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
@@ -573,10 +573,11 @@ private LocatedBlocks getBlockLocations(String path, HdfsFileStatus file)
     final FSNamesystem fsn = namenode.getNamesystem();
     final String operationName = "fsckGetBlockLocations";
     FSPermissionChecker.setOperationType(operationName);
+    FSPermissionChecker pc = fsn.getPermissionChecker();
     fsn.readLock();
     try {
       blocks = FSDirStatAndListingOp.getBlockLocations(
-          fsn.getFSDirectory(), fsn.getPermissionChecker(),
+          fsn.getFSDirectory(), pc,
           path, 0, fileLen, false)
           .blocks;
     } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {