diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
index 61deb1a8de..57eb8f11cd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -3657,11 +3656,7 @@ private FileSystem getInternal(URI uri, Configuration conf, Key key)
       // to construct an instance.
       try (DurationInfo d = new DurationInfo(LOGGER, false,
           "Acquiring creator semaphore for %s", uri)) {
-        creatorPermits.acquire();
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        // acquisition was interrupted; convert to an IOE.
-        throw (IOException)new InterruptedIOException(e.toString())
-            .initCause(e);
+        creatorPermits.acquireUninterruptibly();
       }
       FileSystem fsToClose = null;
       try {