diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
index 74757e563a..7c2026c105 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtilClient;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HAUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ public long getProtocolVersion(String protocol,
    */
   @Deprecated
   public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = DFS_NAMENODE_RPC_PORT_DEFAULT;
+  public static final String FS_HDFS_IMPL_KEY = "fs.hdfs.impl";
   public static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(NameNode.class.getName());
   public static final Logger stateChangeLog =
@@ -725,6 +727,11 @@ protected void initialize(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
           intervals);
       }
     }
+    // Currently NN uses FileSystem.get to initialize DFS in startTrashEmptier.
+    // If fs.hdfs.impl was overridden by core-site.xml, we may get other
+    // filesystem. To make sure we get DFS, we are setting fs.hdfs.impl to DFS.
+    // HDFS-15450
+    conf.set(FS_HDFS_IMPL_KEY, DistributedFileSystem.class.getName());
 
     UserGroupInformation.setConfiguration(conf);
     loginAsNameNodeUser(conf);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestNNStartupWhenViewFSOverloadSchemeEnabled.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestNNStartupWhenViewFSOverloadSchemeEnabled.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d394c0049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/TestNNStartupWhenViewFSOverloadSchemeEnabled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * 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
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * 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.fs.viewfs;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that the NN startup is successful with ViewFSOverloadScheme.
+ */
+public class TestNNStartupWhenViewFSOverloadSchemeEnabled {
+  private MiniDFSCluster cluster;
+  private static final String FS_IMPL_PATTERN_KEY = "fs.%s.impl";
+  private static final String HDFS_SCHEME = "hdfs";
+  private static final Configuration CONF = new Configuration();
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUp() {
+    CONF.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_KEY, 1);
+    CONF.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_HA_TAILEDITS_PERIOD_KEY, 1);
+    CONF.setInt(
+        CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_KEY, 1);
+    CONF.set(String.format(FS_IMPL_PATTERN_KEY, HDFS_SCHEME),
+        ViewFileSystemOverloadScheme.class.getName());
+    CONF.set(String
+        .format(FsConstants.FS_VIEWFS_OVERLOAD_SCHEME_TARGET_FS_IMPL_PATTERN,
+            HDFS_SCHEME), DistributedFileSystem.class.getName());
+    // By default trash interval is 0. To trigger TrashEmptier, let's set it to
+    // >0 value.
+    CONF.setLong(CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.FS_TRASH_INTERVAL_KEY, 100);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the HA mode NameNode startup is successful when
+   * ViewFSOverloadScheme configured.
+   */
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testHANameNodeAndDataNodeStartup() throws Exception {
+    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(CONF)
+        .nnTopology(MiniDFSNNTopology.simpleHATopology()).numDataNodes(1)
+        .waitSafeMode(false).build();
+    cluster.waitActive();
+    cluster.transitionToActive(0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the NameNode startup is successful when ViewFSOverloadScheme
+   * configured.
+   */
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testNameNodeAndDataNodeStartup() throws Exception {
+    cluster =
+        new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(CONF).numDataNodes(1).waitSafeMode(false)
+            .build();
+    cluster.waitActive();
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void shutdownCluster() {
+    if (cluster != null) {
+      cluster.shutdown();
+      cluster = null;
+    }
+  }
+}