diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirRenameOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirRenameOp.java
index 2fd25237f1..c60acaa003 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirRenameOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirRenameOp.java
@@ -655,7 +655,12 @@ private static class RenameOperation {
       // snapshot is taken on the dst tree, changes will be recorded in the
       // latest snapshot of the src tree.
       if (isSrcInSnapshot) {
-        srcChild.recordModification(srcLatestSnapshotId);
+        if (srcChild.isFile()) {
+          INodeFile file = srcChild.asFile();
+          file.recordModification(srcLatestSnapshotId, true);
+        } else {
+          srcChild.recordModification(srcLatestSnapshotId);
+        }
       }
 
       // check srcChild for reference
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileTruncate.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileTruncate.java
index 335772bdc2..5c75abb0e6 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileTruncate.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFileTruncate.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.HadoopIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.ContentSummary;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -1460,4 +1462,37 @@ public void testQuotaSpaceConsumedWithSnapshots() throws IOException {
         fs.getQuotaUsage(root).getSpaceConsumed());
 
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Test truncate on a snapshotted file.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncatewithRenameandSnapshot() throws Exception {
+    final Path dir = new Path("/dir");
+    fs.mkdirs(dir, new FsPermission((short) 0777));
+    final Path file = new Path(dir, "file");
+    final Path movedFile = new Path("/file");
+
+    // 1. create a file and snapshot for dir which is having a file
+    DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, file, 10, (short) 3, 0);
+    fs.allowSnapshot(dir);
+    Path snapshotPath = fs.createSnapshot(dir, "s0");
+    assertTrue(fs.exists(snapshotPath));
+
+    // 2. move the file
+    fs.rename(file, new Path("/"));
+
+    // 3.truncate the moved file
+    final boolean isReady = fs.truncate(movedFile, 5);
+    if (!isReady) {
+      checkBlockRecovery(movedFile);
+    }
+    FileStatus fileStatus = fs.getFileStatus(movedFile);
+    assertEquals(5, fileStatus.getLen());
+
+    // 4. get block locations of file which is in snapshot
+    LocatedBlocks locations = fs.getClient().getNamenode()
+        .getBlockLocations("/dir/.snapshot/s0/file", 0, 10);
+    assertEquals(10, locations.get(0).getBlockSize());
+  }
 }