diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/token/delegation/DelegationTokenSecretManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/token/delegation/DelegationTokenSecretManager.java
index b061d4bfa6..68f3dd6d67 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/token/delegation/DelegationTokenSecretManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/token/delegation/DelegationTokenSecretManager.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public SecretManagerState(
     }
   }
 
-  public synchronized void loadSecretManagerState(SecretManagerState state)
+  public synchronized void loadSecretManagerState(SecretManagerState state, Counter counter)
       throws IOException {
     Preconditions.checkState(!running,
         "Can't load state from image in a running SecretManager.");
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public synchronized void loadSecretManagerState(SecretManagerState state)
       id.setSequenceNumber(t.getSequenceNumber());
       id.setMasterKeyId(t.getMasterKeyId());
       addPersistedDelegationToken(id, t.getExpiryDate());
+      counter.increment();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
index 7556727e62..183449f574 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
@@ -544,10 +544,9 @@ private void loadSecretManagerSection(InputStream in, StartupProgress prog,
       Counter counter = prog.getCounter(Phase.LOADING_FSIMAGE, currentStep);
       for (int i = 0; i < numTokens; ++i) {
         tokens.add(SecretManagerSection.PersistToken.parseDelimitedFrom(in));
-        counter.increment();
       }
 
-      fsn.loadSecretManagerState(s, keys, tokens);
+      fsn.loadSecretManagerState(s, keys, tokens, counter);
     }
 
     private void loadCacheManagerSection(InputStream in, StartupProgress prog,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index cf836356d0..89689bd9b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -6241,8 +6241,10 @@ void loadSecretManagerStateCompat(DataInput in) throws IOException {
 
   void loadSecretManagerState(SecretManagerSection s,
       List<SecretManagerSection.DelegationKey> keys,
-      List<SecretManagerSection.PersistToken> tokens) throws IOException {
-    dtSecretManager.loadSecretManagerState(new SecretManagerState(s, keys, tokens));
+      List<SecretManagerSection.PersistToken> tokens,
+      StartupProgress.Counter counter) throws IOException {
+    dtSecretManager.loadSecretManagerState(new SecretManagerState(s, keys, tokens),
+            counter);
   }
 
   /**