diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 1db02d266d..8f403507b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1365,6 +1365,8 @@ Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12465. Incorrect javadoc in WritableUtils.java.
     (Jagadesh Kiran N via aajisaka)
 
+    HADOOP-12464. Interrupted client may try to fail-over and retry (kihwal)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - 2015-07-06 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/retry/RetryInvocationHandler.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/retry/RetryInvocationHandler.java
index 92563567ba..6864d5dc73 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/retry/RetryInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/retry/RetryInvocationHandler.java
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
         hasMadeASuccessfulCall = true;
         return ret;
       } catch (Exception ex) {
+        if (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
+          // If interrupted, do not retry.
+          throw ex;
+        }
         boolean isIdempotentOrAtMostOnce = proxyProvider.getInterface()
             .getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes())
             .isAnnotationPresent(Idempotent.class);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
index 7b80740fa1..f067d599be 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
@@ -1428,22 +1428,16 @@ public Writable call(RPC.RpcKind rpcKind, Writable rpcRequest,
       throw new IOException(e);
     }
 
-    boolean interrupted = false;
     synchronized (call) {
       while (!call.done) {
         try {
           call.wait();                           // wait for the result
         } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-          // save the fact that we were interrupted
-          interrupted = true;
+          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+          throw new InterruptedIOException("Call interrupted");
         }
       }
 
-      if (interrupted) {
-        // set the interrupt flag now that we are done waiting
-        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-      }
-
       if (call.error != null) {
         if (call.error instanceof RemoteException) {
           call.error.fillInStackTrace();