diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/ObjectStoreHandler.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/ObjectStoreHandler.java
index a5d11c9f84..0bcb0588d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/ObjectStoreHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/ObjectStoreHandler.java
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public ObjectStoreHandler(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
                   NetUtils.getDefaultSocketFactory(conf),
                   Client.getRpcTimeout(conf)));
 
+      RPC.setProtocolEngine(conf, KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.class,
+          ProtobufRpcEngine.class);
       long ksmVersion =
           RPC.getProtocolVersion(KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.class);
       InetSocketAddress ksmAddress = OzoneClientUtils.getKsmAddress(conf);