diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
index 39665e3e95..10951e927f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DirectoryScanner.java
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ private void scan() {
           if (d < blockpoolReport.length) {
             // There may be multiple on-disk records for the same block, don't increment
             // the memory record pointer if so.
-            ScanInfo nextInfo = blockpoolReport[Math.min(d, blockpoolReport.length - 1)];
+            ScanInfo nextInfo = blockpoolReport[d];
             if (nextInfo.getBlockId() != info.getBlockId()) {
               ++m;
             }